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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Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Koinon, Macedon. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ, bare head to right / ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝധΝ. thunderbolt with four wings. RPC IV.1 Online 5017 (temporary); AMNG 259(2). 10.02gr, 26mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only 2 specimens on RPC Online.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 284/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche reclining to left on garlanded couch, holding rudder and raising arm to head; L A (date) in upper left field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75893; Dattari (Savio) 5766; Emmett 4083.1. 7.91gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus AE 20mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕ]ΒΑΣΤΟΥ, bare head to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟ[ΛΕΙΤΩΝ], Artemis Tauropolos, holding billowing veil, on bull advancing to right. RPC I, 1629. 5.46gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
