LOT 4009
Cilicia, Aegeae AE 26mm. Dated Caesarean Era 115 (AD 68/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Head of Perseus to right, wearing cap and large gorgoneion head; harpa over shoulder / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena left; to right, ЄI[P] (date) above monogram; c/ms: serpent-entwined staff within incuse rectangle. RPC II 1770; SNG Levante 1700; SNG BN –; for c/ms: Howgego 313. Near Very Fine.(11.46gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4009
Cilicia, Aegeae AE 26mm.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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Macrinus AE 21mm of Anemurium, Cilicia. Dated year 2 (AD 217/8).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
ΑΥ [...]ΡΙΝΟΝ, laureate head to right / ΑΝЄΜΟΥΡΙЄѠΝ ЄΤ Β, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right. BMC - ; SNG PfPS 330. 4.73gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Valerian II, as Caesar AE 20mm of Teos, Ionia. Struck under Valerian I and Gallienus, AD 256-258.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
• ΠΟ • ΛΙΚ • ΟΥΑΛЄΡΙΑΝΟϹ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΤΗΙΩΝ Є-ΙΩΝΩΝ(sic), the poet Anacreon seated to right, playing lyre held on knee. RPC X Unassigned ID 61397; SNG Copenhagen 1536. 3.55gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 598, 29 October 2025, lot 313. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. Accompanied by a CNG coin ticket.
Anacreon was born in Teos about 582 BC and gained fame as a lyric poet. He left the city when it was threatened by the Persians circa 545 and subsequently helped to found Abdera in Thrace. He was later the court poet for the tyrant Polykrates of Samos. Upon his death, a statue was erected in the Acropolis in Athens (from CNG footnote). -
Salonica, Augusta AE 25mm of Ancyra, Galatia. AD 254-268.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
ΚΟΡΝΗ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ, draped bust to right, set on crescent / ΜΗΤΡΟ Β Ν ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ, table with prize crown from which two branches emerge flanked by two purses. RPC X Unassigned ID 81936. 10.11gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
