LOT 2766
Augustus AE As of Carthago Nova, Spain. 27 BC-AD 14.
M. Postumus Albinus and L. Porcius Capito, duoviri. AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, laureate head to right / M • POSTVM • ALBIN • L • PORC • CAPIT • II • VIR • Q, priest standing facing, holding simpulum and branch. RPC I 170; ACIP 3140. Very Fine.(13.32gr, 27mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
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LOT 2766
Augustus AE As of Carthago Nova, Spain.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 1 (AD 69).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥЄΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ЄΤΟΥΣ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Α (date), eagle standing to right on thunderbolt; palm branch in right field. RPC II 1936; Prieur 103; McAlee 324. 15.52gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 17mm of Cilbiani Superiores (Nicaea), Lydia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck circa AD 196-217. AY KAI M A ANTΩNIN-OC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / KIΛBIA-NΩN ANΩ, stag standing to right. Unpublished in the most references including GRPC Lydia. 2.48gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Unpublished and possibly unique.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gaius (Caligula) AE 17mm of Philadelphia, Lydia. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ (Antiochos, son of Apollodotos, philocaesar). [ΓΑΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄധΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ, capricorn with cornucopia to left, monogram of PK before. RPC I 3029; GPRC Lydia 151. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
