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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LOT 3374
Attica, Athens AE 13mm.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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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. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
L Є KAICAPOC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.50gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 9 (AD 292/3).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L in right field, ЄΝΑΤΟΥ (date) in left field, Δ in exergue. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76462; Dattari (Savio) 5675; Emmett 4046. 6.99gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
