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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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing facing, head to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75901; Dattari (Savio) 5622; Emmett 4025. 9.07gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Gaius (Caligula) AE 18mm of Aezanis, Phrygia. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΝΑΝΝΑΣ ΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΣ (Nannas, stephanephoros). Γ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΝΑΝΝΑ ΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΥ, Zeus standing to left, holding eagle with his right and and long sceptre with his left hand. RPC I, 3073; BMC 70; SNG Copenhagen 81. 4.27gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Chalkous. Circa late 2nd-early 3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / Lyre. Cf. Butcher p. 404 and pl. 19, 2; cf. McAlee 168. 0.75gr, 9mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
