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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LOT 3108
Domitian AE 'Sestertius' of Philippopolis, Thrace.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑV(ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, facing one another / YΠ MHNOΦIΛOY MAPKIANOΠOΛIT-ΩN, Demeter standing to left, holding ears of corn and sceptre; E (mark of value) to left. RPC VII.2, 1361; AMNG 1127. 13.69gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC TPAI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СЄΒΑСΤ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Club downward; ЄT [Δ] (date) across fields. RPC III 3072; Metcalf, Conspectus 85; Sydenham, Caesarea 257; SNG Copenhagen 223. 1.54gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT K M AYP CEY ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Demeter standing to left feeding serpent arising from cista and holding long torch. CN Online 5053; H&J, Serdica 12.18.5.11; Ruzicka 147; Varbanov 2252 var. (bust to left). 17.31gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
