LOT 3452
Cilicia, Mopsouestia-Mopsus AE 19mm. Dated CY 262 (AD 194/5). Time of Septimius Severus. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΑΔΡΙΑΝധΝ ΜΟΨΕΑΤധΝ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / ЄTOVC B-Ξ-C (date), altar on stand. RPC IV.3 25422.1 (temporary) = SNG Levante 1342. Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare. Best known specimen with clear date.(5.48gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Oinochoe; L I-ϛ (date) across field. Köln -; Dattari (Savio) -; K&G 27.525; RPC III 4774; Emmett 726 (R5). 1.29gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 1st-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right / Caduceus between two cornucopiae. De Saulcy -; BMC -; Krzyźanowska, Monnayage de Palmyre -; Lindgren I-; for a similar example cf. Roma, e-118, 791. 1.01gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 50/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ ϹЄΒΑϹ ΓЄΡΜΑ], laureate head to right; L IA (date) beneath chin / AVTO-KPA, bundle of four stalks of grain with winged caduceus. RPC I 5182; Köln 100; Dattari (Savio) 141; K&G 12.70; Emmett 78.11. 6.80gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Light brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
