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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Tiberius AE 15mm of Eumeneia, Phrygia. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΟΣ ΖΜΕΡΤΟΡΙΞ (Valerius Zmertorix), magistrate. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, bare head to right / OYAΛEPIOΣ MZEPTOPIΞ(sic) EYMENEΩN within laurel wreath. RPC I, 3146 var. (rev. legend error). 3.77gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare with this legend error.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 28mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Illegible inscription, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: radiate head of Helios / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ЄΤ Β (date), agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar, surmounted by three figures. Cf. RPC VI Online 30824. 11.33gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AVT KAI M A ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ (or similar), laureate head to right / S•C; Δ Є above, eagle below; all within wreath. Cf. RPC VI Online 8045 (temporary). 5.29gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 879. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
