LOT 3466
Caracalla AE 22mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 211-215.
[IMP M AVR SEV ANTON AVG], laureate head to right / [COL BER], Poseidon standing facing, head to left, wearing polos, in quadriga of four hippocamps, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 74074; Rouvier 563; cf. BMC 156–159; cf. Sawaya 1463-1485. Near Very Fine.(9.72gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3466
Caracalla AE 22mm of Berytus, Phoenicia.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Nerva AE 13mm of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Mysia. AD 96-98.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] ΚΑΙϹ[...] CE, laureate head to right / ΑΠΟΛ, lyre; plectrum(?) to right. RPC III 1594A; Von Fritze, Mysiens -. 1.92gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples on RPC.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian AE 24mm of Nicomedia, Bithynia. AD 81-96.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ, laureate head to right / Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΤΗ(sic) ΒΕΙ, eagle standing to left with wings spread, looking to right and holding wreath in beak. RPC II, 658B. 6.97gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Saitta AE 17mm. Circa AD 100-218. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Turreted head of Tyche to right / ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ, nude figure of Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and bow. GRPC Lydia 6; RPC IV.2 Online 1402 (temporary); BMC 3. 3.49gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired from Papillon Numismatic. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 81, 25 February 2021, lot 485. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
