LOT 3442
Antoninus Pius AE 21mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 22 (AD 158/9).
[...] ΑΝΤധ[...]. laureate head to righ / [...]ΡЄധΝ Τ Π [...] around, ЄΤ ΚΒ (date) across fields, Apollo standing facing, head to left, foot on omphalos, holding bow and arrow. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6709. Very Fine. Very rare.(6.00gr, 21mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla, with Julia Domna AE Pentassarion of 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 211-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓOΥCΤΟC ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, confronted busts of Caracalla, laureate and draped, to right and Julia Domna, draped, to left / ΥΠ ΚΥΝΤΙΛIΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Є in left field. AMNG I 1 678; Varbanov 1054. 12.01gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 667. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 29mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Inscription illegible, laureate head to right / Inscription illegible, nude Dioscuri standing facing each other, above each head, star; each wearing pileus and holding spear and bridle of horse; horses facing each other. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 25200 (temporary); Çizmeli -. 14.94gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by PRC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Gaius (Caligula) AE 18mm of Aezanis, Phrygia. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΝΑΝΝΑΣ ΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΣ (Nannas, stephanephoros). Γ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΝΑΝΝΑ ΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΥ, Zeus standing to left, holding eagle with his right and and long sceptre with his left hand. RPC I, 3073; BMC 70; SNG Copenhagen 81. 4.27gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
