LOT 2769
Augustus AE As of Lepida-Celsa, Spain. 27 BC-AD 14.
Gaius Pompeius and Gnaeus Domitius, duoviri. Struck circa 5-3 BC. IMP CAESAR • DIVI F AVGVSTVS COS XII, laureate head to right / C V I CEL CN DOMITIO C POMPEIO II VIR, bull standing to right. RPC I, 278. Near Very Fine.(9.83gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Macrinus AE 23mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP C M OPE SEVE MACRINVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. Unpublished in the standard references, including BMC, SNG BnF, SNG von Aulock and Copenhagen. 5.95gr, 23mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Black patina. Unpublished with this obverse legend.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE Dichalkon. Time of Augustus, 31 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated Actian Era year 25 (7/6 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche to right / Tripod-lebes containing three laurel branches; ΑΝΤΙΟΧ[ΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ]ΠΟΛ[ΕΩΣ] to right, ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜ[ΟΥ] to left, E-[K] (date) flanking tripod; all within wreath. RPC I 4243; McAlee 89. 4.75gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE Pentassarion of Marcianopolis, Moesia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Prosius Tertullianus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 241-244. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥ[...], confronted busts of emperor, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, and empress, diademed and draped to left; ΤΡΑΝΚΥ[ΛΛЄΙΝΑ] in two lines in exergue / [ΥΠ ΤEΡΤ]ΥΛΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ-ΩΝ(ligate), Homonoia standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae; E (mark of value) in left field. RPC VII.2, 1440; AMNG 1186. 11.71gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
