LOT 3126
Caracalla AE 17mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / MAPKIANOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, lion standing to left. Varbanov 909 var. (obverse legend and lion to right); otherwise apparently unpublished. Very Fine. Extremely rare.(2.28gr, 17mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Augustus AE 20mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕ]ΒΑΣΤΟΥ, bare head to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟ[ΛΕΙΤΩΝ], Artemis Tauropolos, holding billowing veil, on bull advancing to right. RPC I, 1629. 5.46gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, to left / YΠ MHNOΦIΛOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; E (mark of value) in right field. RPC VII.2, 1394; AMNG 1142. 13.91gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 20mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 26 of Agrippa II (AD 85/6).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
IMP CA D VES F DOM AVG GER COS XII, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕΠΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ, large S C, ET KϚ (date) in exergue. RPC II 2272; Meshorer 36; Sofaer 223; TJC 164; Hendin GBC 6 6356; Hendin GBC 5 1326. 4.95gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
