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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Phrygia, Synnada AE 15mm. Time of Tiberius, circa AD 14-37. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟΣ (Claudius Valerianus), magistrate. [CVΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ], owl standing facing, head to right on amphora; c/m: ΟΔ / [ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟΥ], eagle, standing to right on club, head to left with wings spread. Cf. RPC I, 3182A. 1.96gr, 15mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE As of Carthago Nova, Hispania. 27 BC-AD 14. C. Varus Rufus and Sex. Julius Pollio, duoviri.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £60
AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, laureate head to right / C•VAR•RVF•SEX IVL•POL•II•VIR•Q•, emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis and apex. RPC I 167; ACIP 3137. 11.56gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Julia Domna, Augusta AE 25mm of Iotape, Cilicia Trachea. AD 193-217.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ • C •, draped bust to right / ΙധΤΑΠЄΙΤ[ധ], Selene advancing to left, holding torch in each hand. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 69704; Levante, Iotape 14 = SNG Levante 450; SNG BnF -. 6.76gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Iotape was founded by the King Antiochos IV of Commagene, and he named the city in honor of his late sister-wife, Queen of Commagene Iotapa, who was queen from AD 38 until her death around AD 52.
