LOT 3456
Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 219.
ΑVΤ•Κ•Μ•Α•••ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right, with slight drapery / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ЄΞ•YΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ Β, eagle standing facing with spread wings, head to left, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields, star between legs. RPC VI Online 7959 (uncertain mint); McAlee 758; Prieur 249. Near Very Fine.(11.80gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 724.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3456
Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Macrinus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Selinus-Traianopolis, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[AY] KAI M OΠ[...]EINOC [C?], laureate head to right / [TPAIAN]O CEΛI[NOY THC IEPAC?]; Apollo Sidetes, standing facing, wearing short chiton and mantle, holding phiale and resting on sceptre; at his feet to right, raven. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 86080; SNG BnF 684 = Levante E., The Coinage of Selinus in Cilicia in NC 1990, p. 231, 57; Leu Numismatik, Web 42, 1158. 11.96gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently the third known example.
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 Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.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. -
Antoninus Pius AE 21mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 22 (AD 158/9).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] ΑΝΤധ[...]. laureate head to righ / [...]ΡЄധΝ Τ Π [...] around, ЄΤ ΚΒ (date) across fields, Apollo standing facing, head to left, foot on omphalos, holding bow and arrow. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6709. 6.00gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
