LOT 4001
Caracalla AE 24mm of Sardes, Lydia. AD 198-217.
ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ B ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding long thyrsus and kantharus. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 73912; GRPC Lydia -; Hochard -. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.(6.26gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4001
Caracalla AE 24mm of Sardes, Lydia.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Cilicia, Epiphaneia-Traianopolis AE 17mm. Dated year 181 (AD 113/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Ivy-wreathed and draped bust of Dionysos to right, thyrsus(?) over shoulder; ΑΡΠ (date) before / ЄΠΙΦΑΝЄѠΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟ, Artemis wearing short chiton standing, facing, head to right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow. RPC III 3392; Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 444, 1. 2.45gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three more examples cited by RPC Online.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 112, 7 September 2023, lot 413. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). -
Tiberius, with Herod IV Philip AE 19mm of Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi), Judaea. Dated RY 19 of Herod IV (15/6 CE).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
ΤΙΒ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣ, llaureate head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΧΟV(sic), tetrastyle temple façade (Augusteum of Paneas); L IΘ (date) between columns. RPC I, 4943; Meshorer 101c; Hendin 1224a. 5.36gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Hadrian AE 18mm of Syedra, Cilicia. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
ΑVΤΟΚΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑИΟϹ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ϹVЄΔΡЄѠΝ, goddess standing facing, head to left, holding pomegranate in her right hand and branch downwards in her left. RPC III 2768 (different arrangement of ethnic); SNG BnF -; SNG Levante Supp. 72 (same); Lindgren I 1607 (same). 3.25gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example on RPC.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
