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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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle standing to left; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5641; Emmett 4087. 6.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Pergamon AE 19mm. Time of Domitian, AD 81-96. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΕΦΑΛΙΩΝ (Claudius Kephalion), strategos. ΠЄΡΓΑΜΟϹ, bearded head of Pergamos to right / [ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΛ] ΚЄΦΑΛΙΩΝ[ΟϹ], serpent-entwined staff; bunch of grapes to left. RPC II, 924; SNG Copenhagen 451; SNG von Aulock 1384; BMC 225-6. 3.17gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 219.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑVΤ•Κ•Μ•Α•••ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right, with slight drapery / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ЄΞ•YΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ Β, eagle standing facing with spread wings, head to left, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields, star between legs. RPC VI Online 7959 (uncertain mint); McAlee 758; Prieur 249. 11.80gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 724. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
