LOT 3371
Attica, Athens AE 19mm. Time of Augustus, circa mid-late 20s BC. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing Attic helmet / Athena advancing to right, holding spear pointed upwards; before, coiled serpent to right; Α-ΘΕ in two lines behind; all within wreath. RPC I, 1309B; Chaidari and Ag. Varvara hoards 47; Kroll, Agora 151; Svoronos pl. 80, 34. Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples in RPC Online.(8.45gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Hadrian AE 14mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[IMP CAES TR HADRIANVS], laureate and cuirassed bust to left / IANVS AVG C G I P, founder ploughing with two oxen to right. RPC III, 1539. 1.91gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AE 30mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. Dated Year 2 (AD 240/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S COL VIM, female figure (Provincia Moesia) standing to left, extending hands to bull at left and lion at right; AN II in exergue. Varbanov 115. 16.19gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 55, 18 April 2019, lot 573. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AVT KAI M A ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ (or similar), laureate head to right / S•C; Δ Є above, eagle below; all within wreath. Cf. RPC VI Online 8045 (temporary). 5.29gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 879. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
