LOT 3457
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
AVT KAI M A ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ (or similar), laureate head to right / S•C; Δ Є above, eagle below; all within wreath. Cf. RPC VI Online 8045 (temporary). Near Very Fine.(5.29gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 879.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Troas, Alexandria Troas AE 'As'. Time of Trebonianus Gallus to Valerian I, AD 251-260. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CO ALEX TRO, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right, with vexillum inscribed CO AV in two lines behind / COL AVG TROADE, Herakles standing facing, head to right, resting his right hand on hip and leaning left on club set on rock; to left, bow and quiver. RPC IX 533 = SNG von Aulock 1464 = Bellinger A484. 4.13gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; apparently the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE 18mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ-ΩΝ, Zeus standing facing, head to left, holding Nike on his extended right hand, left resting on sceptre; at his feet, eagle standing on altar. RPC III, 2328; SNG Copenhagen 574. 4.53gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three examples cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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.
