LOT 3449
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
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. Near Very Fine.(10gr, 27mm, 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 8 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle standing to left; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5641; Emmett 4087. 6.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Trajan AE 20mm of Miletopolis, Mysia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄ[Β ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ], laureate head to right / [ΜЄΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛЄΙ]ΤΩΝ, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena to right. RPC III, 1640. 5.44gr, 20mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Geta, as Augustus AE 22mm of Juliopolis, Bithynia. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥ Κ Π ϹЄ ΓЄΤΑϹ Α, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia standing to left, feeding serpent from patera. RPC V.2 Online Unassigned ID 71421.3 (this coin); RG -. 5.77gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two more specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
