LOT 3374
Attica, Athens AE 13mm. Circa AD 120-175. Agora Periods VB and C. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Helmeted head of Athena with traces of drapery to right / ΑΘΗΝΑΙ, owl perching to left, in olive-tree; tree entwined by serpent. RPC IV.1 Online 10751 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 225; Svoronos, Athens 89.23. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one specimen cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.(1.42gr, 13mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
Nero AE 20mm of Akmoneia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 62.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝ and ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑ (L. Servenius Capito, Archon and his wife Iulia Severa). ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head to right; behind, kerykeion; before crescent / ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑΣ ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ, Zeus seated to left on throne, holding patera in his right hand and sceptre in left hand; at his feet to left, owl; in the field to left, ΕΠΙ and ΑΡΧ (partially ligate). RPC I, 3174; SNG Copenhagen 28. 4.22gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian with Agrippa II AE 21mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Dated RY 26 of the second era of Agrippa II (86/7 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IM CA D VES F D OM AV GER COS XII, laureate bust of Domitian to right, aegis at point of bust / EΠI BA AΓPI, crossed cornucopias over winged caduceus; ET KS (date) across fields, S C below. RPC II, 2271 (Caesarea Panias); Meshorer 163; Hendin 6355; Sofaer 222; Shoshana I 20184. 4.48gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
