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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LOT 3372
Attica, Athens AE 9mm.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£20 (EUR 23; USD 27) +BP*
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Gordian III AE 31mm of Viminacium, Moesia. Dated Year 3 (AD 241/2).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing to left between bull standing to right and lion standing to left; AN III I(date) n exergue. RPC VII.2 20; SNG Copenhagen 142; BMC 9. 17.92gr, 31mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 828. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ•C • ΠΙ-ΟC • ΑVΓΟVCTOC, laureate head to right / VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛΙΑΝ-ΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛIΤ-Ω-Ν, Tyche standing facing, head to left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar with right hand and holding cornucopia in left. Hristova/Jekov 6.18.36.10a; Varbanov 981. 9.08gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
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. 2.45gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
