LOT 3369
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215.
ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ•C • ΠΙ-ΟC • ΑVΓΟVCTOC, laureate head to right / VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛΙΑΝ-ΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛIΤ-Ω-Ν, Tyche standing facing, head to left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar with right hand and holding cornucopia in left. Hristova/Jekov 6.18.36.10a; Varbanov 981. Very Fine.(9.08gr, 26mm, 2h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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LOT 3369
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Elagabalus AE 20mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
AVT KAI M A ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ (or similar), laureate head to right / S•C; Δ Є above, eagle below; all within wreath. Cf. RPC VI Online 8045 (temporary). 5.29gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 879. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE 21mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 24 (AD 160/1).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head to right / Mount Argaeus with tall conical top; ЄT KΔ (date) below. RPC IV.3 Online 9565. 7.65gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 21mm of Comama, Pisidia. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C M AVR A[NT AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL•AVG CO[MA]M]EN], Hermes, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and purse. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 88824 (this coin); Von Aulock, Pisidien I -; SNG von Aulock -; Lindgren I -; SNG BnF -; SNG Copenhagen -; Imhoof-Blumer KM -. 4.88gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the only example recorded by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 110, 3 August 2023, lot 1003. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
