LOT 3117
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
AYT K M AYP CEY ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Demeter standing to left feeding serpent arising from cista and holding long torch. CN Online 5053; H&J, Serdica 12.18.5.11; Ruzicka 147; Varbanov 2252 var. (bust to left). Near Very Fine.(17.31gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE 23mm of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AD 139-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑVΡΗΛΙΟС ΟVΗΡΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, radiate and draped bust of Helios to right. RPC IV online 3915; Jurukova 46-7. 7.85gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann), Auction 69, 2 September 2018, lot 214 (company's ticket included). Ex CNG (company's ticket included). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Trebonianus Gallus AE 29mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡΕΒ ΓΑΛΛΟC CΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ANTIOXЄΩN MHTPO KOΛΩN, cult-statue of Tyche of Antioch seated facing with river-god Orontes at feet within tetrastyle temple façade with arched central bay and conical roof set on ornate base; ram leaping to right above, [Δ]-Є across upper fields, S C in exergue. McAlee 1181; SNG Copenhagen 292. 15.94gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 (AD 136/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hexastyle monumental altar (of Caesareum); within, veiled female figure (Eusebia?); above, pyre of burning pinecones; L KA (date) below. RPC III, 6145; Dattari (Savio) 1893; Emmett 910.21; K&G 32.727. 25.06gr, 34mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
