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)
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Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 219.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
ΑVΤ•Κ•Μ•Α•••ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right, with slight drapery / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ЄΞ•YΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ Β, eagle standing facing with spread wings, head to left, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields, star between legs. RPC VI Online 7959 (uncertain mint); McAlee 758; Prieur 249. 11.80gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 724. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Gallienus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
COΛ-IENVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL G(?) IVL H PHB(sic), Marsyas standing to left, raising right hand and carrying wineskin over left shoulder. RPC X Unassigned ID 97471 (this coin). 4.38gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare variety. Only this example known, published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Inscription illegible, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: radiate head of Helios to right / Inscription illegible, agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on altar; surmounted by three figures. Cf. RPC VI Online 30934. 10gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
