LOT 2776
Commodus AE 18mm of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 180-192.
AY KAI M AYPH KOMOΔOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ΦIΛIΠΠO-[ΠOΛE]ITΩN, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and branch in his left. Varbanov 980. Good Very Fine.(3.32gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gaius (Caligula) AE 17mm of Philadelphia, Lydia. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ (Antiochos, son of Apollodotos, philocaesar). [ΓΑΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄധΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ, capricorn with cornucopia to left, monogram of PK before. RPC I 3029; GPRC Lydia 151. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Medallion of Sardeis, Lydia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΛΟΥΚΙΟΣ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΣ, ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ KAI ΑΣΙΑΡΧΗΣ (Loukios Kornelios Vettenianos, strategos and asiarch). Struck AD 211-217. N A M AMATNYNЄINO (sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / KOP OYETTHNIAN M AP NYONVS VIΓΑΟΥ Κ ΜΟ (sic) around, XPY-CANΘIN[A C]APΔIA-NΩN [...blundered insciption] in six lines within laurel wreath. For another example with similar legends cf. GRPC 523. 19.02gr, 35mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently the only known example with these legends.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Hadrian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Euthenia reclining to left, holding grain ears, resting elbow on sphinx; L TPICKA[I] (date) in exergue. RPC III, 5731; Köln 999; Dattari (Savio) 1710; K&G 32.473. 16.02gr, 30mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 90, 23 June 2024, lot 345 (dealer's ticket included).
