LOT 3376
Caracalla AE Assarion of Pheneus, Arcadia. AD 198-217.
[...]NINOC, laureate head to right / ΦЄNЄA-T[ѠN], bearded Satyr standing to right, right hand raised, left hand outstretched. BCD Peloponnesos 1638; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; NCP p. 98 (Sept. Severus). Near Very Fine. Very rare.(4.26gr, 22mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Macrinus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Selinus-Traianopolis, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[AY] KAI M OΠ[...]EINOC [C?], laureate head to right / [TPAIAN]O CEΛI[NOY THC IEPAC?]; Apollo Sidetes, standing facing, wearing short chiton and mantle, holding phiale and resting on sceptre; at his feet to right, raven. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 86080; SNG BnF 684 = Levante E., The Coinage of Selinus in Cilicia in NC 1990, p. 231, 57; Leu Numismatik, Web 42, 1158. 11.96gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently the third known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 24mm of Syedra, Cilicia. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AV[...], laureate and draped bust to right / CYЄΔPЄധN, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding kantharos over panther with right hand and long thyrsus with left. Not in the standard refererences. 8.18gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Faustina II AE 24mm of Apamea, Bithynia. AD 147-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
FΛUCTINΛC ΛUG, draped bust to right / NEPTUN[I C I] C Λ ∂ ∂ (Colonia Iulia Concordia Apamea decurionum decreto), nude Neptune (Poseidon) standing facing, head to left, holding dolphin and trident. RPC IV.1, 4729 (temporary); RG 55. 6.62gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by RPC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
