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)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[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). 10.41gr, 27mm, 11h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
Purchased 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); -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Dichalkon. Circa AD 150-200. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to left, quiver over shoulder. RPC IV.3, 25378; McAlee 169B. 1.93gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Orbiana, Augusta AE 24mm of Flaviopolis-Flavias, Cilicia. Dated CY 153 (AD 225/6).
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[ЄΡЄΝΝΙΑ ΟΡΒΙΑΝΗ ϹЄΒ], draped bust to right / [ΦΛΑVΙΟΠΟΛЄΙΤωΝ ЄΤ] ΓΡ-Ν, river god Pyramos reclining to left, holding reed and resting elbow upon overturned urn from which liquid flows. RPC VI Online 7463.1 = SNG Levante 1550; Ziegler -; SNG BN -. 8.17gr, 24mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
