LOT 3448
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE 17mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 218.
Bareheaded and draped to bust to right, seen from rear / [...] KAICA, temple with two columns enclosing agalma of Mount Argaeus, ЄT B(?) (date) below. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 66823. Near Very Fine.(5.48gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE 15mm. Late 1st century BC(?). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena to left, wearing aegis / ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄΩΝ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond. RPC II, 1298; SNG von Aulock 3817; BMC 81. 2.36gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 25mm of Cremna, Pisidia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DIANAE [C]-REM, Diana standing facing, head to left, holding patera and spear; to right, stag. Von Aulock Pisidiens II, 1320 (Elagabalus; DIANAF). 7.18gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
According to Strabo (12.569), Kremna and the other cities of Pisidia were initially captured by Amyntas, the commander of the Galatian auxiliary army of Brutus and Cassius, who was proclaimed king of Galatia and Pisidia. Octavian allowed him to remain king until his death in 25 B.C., after which Cremna (Mon.Anc. 28; Strabo 12.569) was converted into a Roman colony (Colonia Iulia Augusta [Felix] Cremnena, CIL III, 6873). -
Plautilla AE 25mm of Corcyra, Illyria. AD 202-205.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[ΠΛΑΥΤΙΛΛΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ], draped bust to right / [ΚΟΡΚΥΡΑΙധΝ], Pegasus flying to right. SNG Copenhagen 270; BMC 691. 6.62gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
