LOT 3156
Augustus AE 18mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
[AVG], bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right. RPC I 1656; Varbanov 3770. Near Very Fine.(4.03gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Titus with Agrippa II AE 8 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 29(?) of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 77/8).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
AYTOKP [...] CEBACTΩ, laureate head to right / ETO KΘ(?) (date) BA AΓΡΙ-ΠΠA, Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath. Cf. RPC II, 2291. 12.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macrinus AE 26mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218. ΣΤΑ. ΛΟΝΓΙΝΟΣ (Statius Longinus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYT K M OΠEΛΛI CEV [MAKP]EINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / YΠ CT[A ΛONΓINOY NIKOΠ]OΛITΩN ΠPOC I, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and bow. H&J, Nikopolis 8.23.7.6; AMNG 1735; Varbanov 3435. 11.50gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Lucius Verus AE 31mm of Midaeum, Phrygia. 164-165 AD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΡΜ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΜΙΔΑΕΩΝ, Zeus standing to left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre. RPC IV.2, 1911 (temporary); von Aulock, Phrygiens II, 748. 18.71gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens recorded by RPC Online.
Property of a UK gallery.
