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 Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.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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Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea, Legionary Countermarks on AE As of Vespasian. 69-79 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Rome mint; struck 74 CE. Legio X Fretensis issue. [IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS V CENS], laureate head of Vespasian to right; large X in square countermark / Spes advancing to left, holding flower; [S C in fields]. Cf. RIC II.1 730; cf. RCV 2361. For countermark: Howgego 735ii (Ascalon, circa 85/6 CE). 8.44gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck AD 219. AYT K M A • • ANTWNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔHMAPX EΞ VΠATOC TO B •, eagle standing facing, head and tail to right, with wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields, star between legs. McAlee 761; Prieur 254. 14.11gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
