LOT 3396
Antoninus Pius AE 15mm of Alexandria, Troas. AD 138-161.
IMP [...], laureate head to ight / APOLLO-N SMIN[Θ?], nude Apollo Smintheus advancing to left, holding patera and laurel-branch(?). RPC IV.2 Online 142 (temporary); Bellinger A 181. Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.(1.63gr, 15mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3396
Antoninus Pius AE 15mm of Alexandria, Troas.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Hadrian AE Hemiassarion of Half Assarion of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΣΕΚΟΥΝΔΟΣ (Secundus), magistrate. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[ΟϹ ϹЄΒACT], laureate head to right / [ЄΠΙ ϹЄΚΟΥΝ]ΔΟΥ, Mount Argaios surmounted by wreath; ЄΤ ΙΑ below. Cf. RPC III Online 3148; cf. Sydenham, Caesarea, 239. 3.24gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 22mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 211-215.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[IMP M AVR SEV ANTON AVG], laureate head to right / [COL BER], Poseidon standing facing, head to left, wearing polos, in quadriga of four hippocamps, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 74074; Rouvier 563; cf. BMC 156–159; cf. Sawaya 1463-1485. 9.72gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE Assarion. Time of Vespasian, circa AD 70-73. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΣ (Marcellus), proconsul for the second time, and ΤΙ- ΚΛΑΥ- ΦΙΛΕΙΝΟΣ (Ti. Klau. Phileinos), strategos for the second time. ЄΠI TI KΛAV ΦIΛЄINOV CTPA, draped bust of Roma-Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ЄΠI MAPKЄΛΛOV CAPΔIANΩN TO B, tetrastyle temple with pellet in pediment. BMC 67; RPC II 1305. 4.12gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
