LOT 3428
Caracalla AE 21mm of Comama, Pisidia. AD 198-217.
IMP C M AVR A[NT AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL•AVG CO[MA]M]EN], Hermes, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and purse. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 88824 (this coin); Von Aulock, Pisidien I -; SNG von Aulock -; Lindgren I -; SNG BnF -; SNG Copenhagen -; Imhoof-Blumer KM -. Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the only example recorded by RPC Online.(4.88gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 110, 3 August 2023, lot 1003.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
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Geta, as Caesar(?) AE 25mm of Paltus, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
[...] ΠΟ ΓЄΤΑC [...], bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΠΑΛΤΗΝധΝ [...], Nike standing to left, holding palm frond and wreath. Unpublished type of Paltus for Geta. 7.10gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ Α ϹЄΟ ΑΛЄΞ[...], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ, Tyche of the City seated on rock to left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming to left; above, ram leaping to left, looking back; to left, star; Δ Ε and S C across fields. Cf. RPC VI Oline 8068. 15.01gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC TPAI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СЄΒΑСΤ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Club downward; ЄT Δ (date) across fields. RPC III, 3072; Sydenham, Caesarea 257. 1.48gr, 14mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
