LOT 3439
Caracalla AE 30mm of Amaseia, Pontos. Dated CY 209 (AD 206/7).
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥP ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡ ϹЄΥ ΑΝΤ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗT NЄ ΠP (MH and ΠP ligate), high altar surmounted by eagle with spread wings standing to left; to left, tree; star in upper left field; ЄΤ ϹΘ (date) below. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 83890; Dalaison, Amaseia 522. Near Extremely Fine. Sharp details.(15.09gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Commodus AE 20mm of Capitolias, Decapolis. Dated CY 93 (AD 189/190).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A Κ Μ Α ΚΟΜΟΔ, bare head to right / ΚΑΠΙΤധΛ ΙЄ ΓϞ (date), Dionysus, nude, standing facing, head to left, crossing legs, holding kantharos with right hand and long thyrsus with left. RPC IV.3 6561 var. (laureate head); Spijkerman 12 var. (same); Rosenberger 12 var. (same); Sofaer 10 corr. (laureate). 5.81gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Pierced. Extremely rare issue. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Heritage World Coin Auctions, Sale 3018, 20378; wrongly attributed).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A K M A OYA ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising her right hand and holding double cornucopiae in left; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76002; Dattari (Savio) -; Emmett 4141.3; K&G 120.27. 6.48gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 63/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right, wearing archaic aegis / ΕTOYΣ BIP • I, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to right. RPC I 4189; McAlee 265b; Prieur 89. 15.06gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
