LOT 3450
Elagabalus AE 28mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Illegible inscription, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: radiate head of Helios / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ЄΤ Β (date), agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar, surmounted by three figures. Cf. RPC VI Online 30824. Near Very Fine.(11.33gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3450
Elagabalus AE 28mm of Caesarea, 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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Caracalla AE 21mm of Phialia, Arcadia. Struck circa AD 198-209.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] AYP A[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [ΦI]-A ΛЄWN, Athena standing to left, holding with right hand patera and spear in left. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 1656.1; cf. BCD Peloponnesos II 2917; NCP p. 107; Dura -; BMC -. 4.14gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Sand patina.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE 16mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 218.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Μ ΟΠ[...]ΔΟΥ K, bareheaded and draped to bust to right, seen from rear / ΜΗΤΡΟ[...], temple with two columns enclosing agalma of Mount Argaeus, ЄT B (date) below. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 66823. 5.04gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 24mm of Syedra, Cilicia. AD 161-169.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
AV[...], laureate and draped bust to right / CYЄΔPЄധN, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding kantharos over panther with right hand and long thyrsus with left. Not in the standard refererences. 8.18gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
