LOT 4018
Cilicia, Mallos AE 18mm. Circa 3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / ΜΑΛΛΩΤΩΝ, Athena Magarsis standing facing, head to right, extending arms and holding spear. RPC IV.3, 10733 (temporary). Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two other examples cited by RPC Online.(3.79gr, 18mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4018
Cilicia, Mallos AE 18mm.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Faustina II AE 20mm of Hadrianeia, Mysia. Circa AD 166-169.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΦΑΥΤΙΝΑ(sic) ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust to right / ΑΔΡΙ-ΑΝΕΩΝ, Tyche standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC IV.2 Online 490 (temporary); SNG Copenhagen 169. 4.22gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 70/71).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
AVTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OVEΣΠAΣIANOV, laureate head to right; L Γ (date) beneath chin / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond. RPC II 2423; Köln 286; Dattari (Savio) 361; K&G 20.23; Emmett 205.3. 6.36gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Valerian I AE 26mm of Kyzikos, Mysia. AD 253-260. Struck under the strategos Apollonides.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian to right / ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ, lighted altar between two flaming torches entwined by serpents. RPC X Unassigned ID 61878 (this coin); SNG BnF 859; SNG Leypold 359. 10.53gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Nomos AG, obolos 31, 21 April 2024, lot 446. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
