LOT 3397
Commodus AE Third Assarion of Alexandreia Troas, Troas. Circa AD 184-190.
CAI COMM A, bare head to right / COL AVG TROA, tripod. RPC IV.2 Online 189 (temporary); Bellinger A231. Very Fine. Very Rare.(2.25gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Philip I AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucia and Pieria. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVTOK K M IOVΛΙ ΦΙΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, turreted, draped and veiled bust of Tyche to right, ram leaping to right above, star below; Δ Є and S C across fields. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 7494 (temporary); McAlee 977; BMC 527. 12.87gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Porous surfaces.
Purchased privately from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Julia Domna, Augusta AE 25mm of Iotape, Cilicia Trachea. AD 193-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ • C •, draped bust to right / ΙധΤΑΠЄΙΤ[ധ], Selene advancing to left, holding torch in each hand. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 69704; Levante, Iotape 14 = SNG Levante 450; SNG BnF -. 6.76gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Iotape was founded by the King Antiochos IV of Commagene, and he named the city in honor of his late sister-wife, Queen of Commagene Iotapa, who was queen from AD 38 until her death around AD 52. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[ΑΥ Κ Μ Α]ΥΡΗΛΙ[ΟϹ ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], agalma of Mt. Argaeus on altar inscribed ΝЄΩΚΟΡO; ЄΤ Β (date) in exergue. RPC Online VI Unassigned ID 6670.5 (this coin, temporary). 10.41gr, 27mm, 11h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 801. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
