LOT 3157
Augustus(?) AE 16mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
[AVG?], bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. Cf. RPC I 1656; cf. SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); cf. Varbanov 3770. Near Very Fine.(3.54gr, 16mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Domitian AE 'Sestertius' of Philippopolis, Thrace. Struck AD 88-89.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, City-goddess holding patera and wheat ears standing to left by the river god Hebros, who reclines to right on vase from which water flows, holding long reed in left hand, while another reed grows behind him. RPC II, 351; Mionnet I p. 415, 340; Varbanov 622. 23.62gr, 36mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 20 (AD 116/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
ΑVΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑΡ, radiate bust to right, with aegis over far shoulder; star in right field / Bust of Nilus to right, wearing taenia, cornucopia at shoulder; L K (date) across fields. RPC III, 4919; Dattari (Savio) 6866-7; Emmett 387.20. 12.82gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE 23mm of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AD 139-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑVΡΗΛΙΟС ΟVΗΡΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, radiate and draped bust of Helios to right. RPC IV online 3915; Jurukova 46-7. 7.85gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann), Auction 69, 2 September 2018, lot 214 (company's ticket included). Ex CNG (company's ticket included). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
