LOT 3372
Attica, Athens AE 9mm. Circa AD 120-175. Agora Periods VB and C.
Head of youthful Theseus to right; to left, club(?) / [ΑΘΗ], club. RPC IV.1 Online 8283 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 237(3); Svoronos, Athens pl. 96, 37 and 39. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.(1.28gr, 9mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing facing, head to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75901; Dattari (Savio) 5622; Emmett 4025. 9.07gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE 16mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Μ ΟΠ[...]ΔΟΥ K, bareheaded and draped to bust to right, seen from rear / ΜΗΤΡΟ[...], temple with two columns enclosing agalma of Mount Argaeus, ЄT B (date) below. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 66823. 5.04gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE 21mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 22 (AD 158/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[...] 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. 6.00gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
