LOT 3168
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Struck circa AD 41-42.
TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.(11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included).
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LOT 3168
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia.
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
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Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
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Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macedon, Koinon of Macedon AE Triassarion or 3 Assaria. Time of Gordian, AD 238-244. Beroea mint. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
AΛEΞANΔPOY, diademed head of Alexander the Great to right / KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩKOP, Alexander the Great, on horseback to right, brandishing spear with his right hand. AMNG III 575 var (reverse legend). 13.43gr, 27mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 29mm of Serdica,Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
