LOT 3986
Caracalla AE 18mm of Prusa ad Olympum, Bithynia. AD 198-217. Struck under Septimius Severus.
ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟC, laureate head to right / ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ, aquila between two military standards, topped with wreaths. RPC VI Online 30464 corr. (Elagabalus). Very Fine. Exceptionally rare; only one example cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.(2.83gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3986
Caracalla AE 18mm of Prusa ad Olympum, Bithynia.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 19mm. Dated year 44 of the Caesarean Era (AD 13/4). Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, legatus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Contemporary imitation.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΕΠΙ ΣΙΛΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΔΜ (date), ram leaping to right, head to left; star above. For prototype cf. RPC I, 4269. 4.56gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators, Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Palm tree with dates; L ΛΘ (date) across fields / KAICA-POC, ear of grain. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 1.70gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Domitian AE 20mm of Miletus, Ionia. AD 81-96.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ, cult statue of Apollo Didymeus, holding stag, laurel branch and bow to right: in right field, star. RPC II, 1151; BMC 152; SNG Copenhagen 1014. 5.78gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
