LOT 2904
Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).(19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2904
Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Marcus Aurelius AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Dated RY 3 (AD 162/3). [M] AYPHΛIOC ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ(Ω inversed) [...], laureate head to right with slight drapery on far shoulder / ЄΥΘΗ-ΝΙΑ, Euthenia standing to left, holding corn ears and cornucopia; L Γ (date) to right. RPC IV.4, 2437 var. (Drachm); Köln 2010 var. (same); Dattari (Savio) 3451 var. (same); Emmett -. 12.87gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished as Hemidrachm.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip II BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Struck 248-249. ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄΒ, radiate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, eagle standing to right with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 29174; McAlee 1061 var. (eagle standing to left); Prieur 453. 12.50gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Fifteen [15] Mixed Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Various rulers and cities. 77gr total.
Near Fine to Good Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s.
