LOT 3387
Domitian AE 24mm of Nicomedia, Bithynia. AD 81-96.
ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ, laureate head to right / Η ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΤΗ(sic) ΒΕΙ, eagle standing to left with wings spread, looking to right and holding wreath in beak. RPC II, 658B. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.(6.97gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3387
Domitian AE 24mm of Nicomedia, Bithynia.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Nerva AE 13mm of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Mysia. AD 96-98.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] ΚΑΙϹ[...] CE, laureate head to right / ΑΠΟΛ, lyre; plectrum(?) to right. RPC III 1594A; Von Fritze, Mysiens -. 1.92gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples on RPC.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE 20mm of Miletopolis, Mysia. AD 98-117.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄ[Β ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ], laureate head to right / [ΜЄΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛЄΙ]ΤΩΝ, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena to right. RPC III, 1640. 5.44gr, 20mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 25mm of Cremna, Pisidia. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
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).
