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LOT 3444
Antoninus Pius AE 17mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 160-161.
[...]ΙΝΟϹ ϹEΒΑ[...], laureate head to right / KAI[...]ΓΑ[...], kalathos on three legs, containing ears of corn; ЄT KΔ (date) across fields. RPC IV.3 Online 8353. Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three examples cited by RPC Online.(4.61gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Julia Domna AE 22mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. Dated CY 88 (AD 210/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹЄΒ, draped bust to right; c/m: uncertain / ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ ΝЄΩΚΟP ΤΟ(ligate) ΠΗ (date), Zeus Aseis standing facing, head to left, raising his right hand and holding the infant Dionysus with his left; goat to left. Cf. SNG Munich 393. 5.73gr, 22mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE 22mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 7(?) (AD 227/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΑΥ Κ ϹЄΟΥΗ ΑΛЄ[...], radiate and draped bust to right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄѠϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ЄΤ [Ζ?] in six lines. RPC VI Online 6845 (temporary); BMC 334-5; SNG von Aulock 6521. 8.06gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Macrinus AE 27mm of Lamus, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £17
ΑY[ΤΟΚ]ΡΑΤΟΡΑ Μ [...] ΑΥΡ[Η Μ]ΑΚΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΛΑΜധΤ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΛΑΜധΤΙΔΟϹ], eagle standing facing on cippus or decorated altar, with wings spread, head to right, holding wreath in beak. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 71798; Levante E., The Coinage of Lamus in Cilicia in NC 1982, p. 139, 7; SNG PFPS 884; Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 27, 2223. 9.66gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
