LOT 3108
Domitian AE 'Sestertius' of Philippopolis, Thrace. Struck AD 88-89.
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, City-goddess holding patera and wheat ears standing to left by the river god Hebros, who reclines to right on vase from which water flows, holding long reed in left hand, while another reed grows behind him. RPC II, 351; Mionnet I p. 415, 340; Varbanov 622. Near Very Fine.(23.62gr, 36mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Koinon, Macedon. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ, bare head to right / ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝധΝ. thunderbolt with four wings. RPC IV.1 Online 5017 (temporary); AMNG 259(2). 10.02gr, 26mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only 2 specimens on RPC Online.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 31mm of Trajanopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head to right / TPAIANOΠΟΛEITΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 2777. 15.55gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Julia Domna AE 32mm of Koinon of Cyprus. AD 193-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΙΟYΛ ΔOΜΝΑ CEB, draped bust to right / [KOINON KYΠΡΙΩΝ], temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 90; cf. BMC 56; cf. Tziambazis 29. 17.34gr, 32mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
