LOT 2784
Caracalla AE Medallion of Sardeis, Lydia. AD 198-217.
ΛΟΥΚΙΟΣ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΣ, ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ KAI ΑΣΙΑΡΧΗΣ (Loukios Kornelios Vettenianos, strategos and asiarch). Struck AD 211-217. N A M AMATNYNЄINO (sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / KOP OYETTHNIAN M AP NYONVS VIΓΑΟΥ Κ ΜΟ (sic) around, XPY-CANΘIN[A C]APΔIA-NΩN [...blundered insciption] in six lines within laurel wreath. For another example with similar legends cf. GRPC 523. Very Fine. Apparently the only known example with these legends.(19.02gr, 35mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Group of Seven [7] Roman AE Coins. Circa 1st-2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various emperors. 60gr total.
Near Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Gaius (Caligula) AE 17mm of Philadelphia, Lydia. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ (Antiochos, son of Apollodotos, philocaesar). [ΓΑΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄധΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ, capricorn with cornucopia to left, monogram of PK before. RPC I 3029; GPRC Lydia 151. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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. 5.25gr, 22mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
