LOT 3451
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
[ΑΥ Κ Μ Α]ΥΡΗΛΙ[ΟϹ ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], agalma of Mt. Argaeus on altar inscribed ΝЄΩΚΟΡO; ЄΤ Β (date) in exergue. RPC Online VI Unassigned ID 6670.5 (this coin, temporary). Good Fine. Very rare.(10.41gr, 27mm, 11h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 801.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
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LOT 3451
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Marcus Aurelius AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-180.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
AVT KAI M ANTΩNIN, laureate head to right / MHTPOΠΟΛEΩC, anchor entwined by serpent. RPC IV.3 Online 4034 (temporary); Arslan -. 4.55gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 25mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 199-209.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ Α, radiate head to right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ •, Nemesis standing facing, head to left, holding scales and palm branch; to left, wheel. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 72058; Arslan 38 ('Elagabalus') = Arslan 1997, 114 ('Elagabalus') = Arslan, CGK 174 ('Elagabalus'). 8.57gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar(?) AE 25mm of Paltus, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-209.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
[...] ΠΟ ΓЄΤΑC [...], bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΠΑΛΤΗΝധΝ [...], Nike standing to left, holding palm frond and wreath. Unpublished type of Paltus for Geta. 7.10gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
