LOT 4052
Caracalla AE 27mm of Dium, Decapolis. Dated CY 268 (AD 205/6). Struck under Septimius Severus.
ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωΝЄΙΝ-[ΟϹ], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΔЄΙΗΝ-ωΝ ΚΟΙ ϹΥΡ, hexastyle temple with arcuated lintel; within, lighted altar; eagle in pediment; ΗΞC (date) in left field. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68428; Spijkerman 1; Rosenberger 1; Sofaer 1. Very Fine.(14.50gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 4052
Caracalla AE 27mm of Dium, Decapolis.
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). -
Augustus AE 24mm of Uncertain Mint. 27 BC-AD 14.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ ΘΕΟΝ, bare head to right / ΘΕΟΝ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ, capricorn to right; above, bunch of grapes; below, globe(?). RPC I, 5423. 8.21gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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.
