LOT 3364
Augustus AE As of Carthago Nova, Hispania. 27 BC-AD 14. C. Varus Rufus and Sex. Julius Pollio, duoviri.
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. Very Fine.(11.56gr, 31mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
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Lydia, Apollonis AE 17mm. Circa 1st century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IEPA CVNKΛHTOC, draped bust of the Senate to right / AΠOΛΛΩNIΔE, draped bust of Apollo to right. GRPC Lydia 13; RPC II Supp. 952A. 1.88gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 538. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[ΑΥ Κ Μ Α]ΥΡΗΛΙ[ΟϹ ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], agalma of Mt. Argaeus on altar inscribed ΝЄΩΚΟΡO; ЄΤ Β (date) in exergue. RPC Online VI Unassigned ID 6670.5 (this coin, temporary). 10.41gr, 27mm, 11h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 801. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk); -
Phrygia, Colossae AE 20mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΚΛΑΥΔΙΑ ΕΥΓΕΝΕΤΟΡΙΑΝΗ (Claudia Eugenetoriane). ΒΟΥΛΗ ΚΟΛΟϹϹΗΝΩΝ, veiled and draped bust of the Boule to right / ΚΛ ЄΥΓЄΝЄΤΟΡΙΑNΗ ΑΝЄΘΗΚЄΝ, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus. RPC III, 2307F; Von Aulock Phrygiens II, 454 corr. (unclear legends); Martin, Demos, Colossae 4 corr. (reverse legend). 4.92gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
