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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Antoninus Pius AE Assarion of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 14 (AD 150/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AY ANTΩNЄINOC CЄBAC, laureate head to right / KAICAPЄΩN T ΠΡ APΓAIΩ ЄT ΔI, turreted, veiled and draped bust of the city-goddess to right. RPC IV.3 Online 6708; Henseler 236a. 4.54gr, 17mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar AE 17mm of Pautalia, Thrace. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Λ[...] ΓЄΤΑC Κ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΟΥΛΠΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙ[...], Zeus seated to left, holding sceptre and patera. 4.47gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE. Dated CY 41(?) (10/11 CE).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Palm tree; L Μ[Α](?) (date) across fields / [KAICA]-POC, grain ear. Cf. RPC II 4957; cf. TJC 315; cf. Sofaer 7; cf. Hendin 1331. 1.94gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Ex Jerusalem collection and Cambridgeshire collection, 1970s.
