LOT 3119
Caracalla AE 31mm of Trajanopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head to right / TPAIANOΠΟΛEITΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 2777. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(15.55gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 18mm. Dated year 177 (AD 128/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, head of Zeus to right wearing taenia / ЄT ZOP (date), Boule of Antioch seated to left, dropping voting pebble into urn; B to left. RPC III, 3739; CRS 272; McAlee 126(b). 5.40gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only three specimens recorded by RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 25mm of Laodicea, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated CY 163 (AD 116/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΡΙСΤ ΚΑΙС СЄΒ ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚ, laureate head right, drapery over far shoulder / ΙΟΥΛΙЄѠΝ ΤѠΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄѠΝ ΓΞΡ (date), turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right; KOM and ΠA in right field. RPC III 3797; BMC 49-50, 52. 8.80gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Geta, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Λ AVΡ KΑΙ ΓЄTAC, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / NIKOΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟC ΙC in four lines within laurel wreath. Varbanov 3222 var. (bust and obverse legend). 2.72gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
