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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Attica, Athens AE 9mm. Circa AD 120-175. Agora Periods VB and C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Head of youthful Theseus to right; to left, club(?) / [ΑΘΗ], club. RPC IV.1 Online 8283 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 237(3); Svoronos, Athens pl. 96, 37 and 39. 1.28gr, 9mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
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Elagabalus AE 20mm of Seleucia, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α • [...], laureate head to right / ΑVΓΟVϹΤΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ, draped bust of Julia Maesa to right. RPC VI Online 8113 (temporary). 5.79gr, 20mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one more example cited by RPC Online.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 1112. Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
