LOT 3433
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 Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.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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Macrinus AE 23mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. SNG BnF 1501. 5.86gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. BMC Mysia 111; SNG BnF 1502. 4.71gr, 22mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus, as Caesar, AE 25mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. AD 166-177.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche enthroned to left, holding phiale. RPC IV.1 Online 4243 (temporary); BMC 115. 10.65gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 733 (company's ticket included). Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 724 (company's ticket included). Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 390, 1 February 2017, lot 318 (company's ticket included). Property of a London antiquarian.
