LOT 3408
Augustus AE 16mm of Mastaura, Lydia. 27 BC-AD 17.
Bare head to right / ΜΑϹΤΑΥΡΙΤധ, the hero Mastauros on horseback to right. RPC I, 2672A; GRPC 1 (Pseudo-autonomous). Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.(2.62gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla AE 22mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 211-215.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[IMP M AVR SEV ANTON AVG], laureate head to right / [COL BER], Poseidon standing facing, head to left, wearing polos, in quadriga of four hippocamps, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 74074; Rouvier 563; cf. BMC 156–159; cf. Sawaya 1463-1485. 9.72gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE As of Carthago Nova, Hispania. 27 BC-AD 14. C. Varus Rufus and Sex. Julius Pollio, duoviri.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, laureate head to right / C•VAR•RVF•SEX IVL•POL•II•VIR•Q•, emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis and apex. RPC I 167; ACIP 3137. 11.56gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Julia Domna AE 22mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. Dated CY 88 (AD 210/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹЄΒ, draped bust to right; c/m: uncertain / ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ ΝЄΩΚΟP ΤΟ(ligate) ΠΗ (date), Zeus Aseis standing facing, head to left, raising his right hand and holding the infant Dionysus with his left; goat to left. Cf. SNG Munich 393. 5.73gr, 22mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
