LOT 3384
Faustina II AE 24mm of Apamea, Bithynia. AD 147-175.
FΛUCTINΛC ΛUG, draped bust to right / NEPTUN[I C I] C Λ ∂ ∂ (Colonia Iulia Concordia Apamea decurionum decreto), nude Neptune (Poseidon) standing facing, head to left, holding dolphin and trident. RPC IV.1, 4729 (temporary); RG 55. Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by RPC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.(6.62gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Philip I AE 25mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 244/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP IVI IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ANTIOSHI COL (sic), vexillum with eagle between two standards surmounted by eagles; S R in exergue. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3360 var. (obv. legend); SNG Copenhagen 76 var. (same). 8.56gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Die engraver's error. Extremely rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 836. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 22mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 211-215.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[IMP M AVR SEV ANTON AVG], laureate head to right / [COL BER], Poseidon standing facing, head to left, wearing polos, in quadriga of four hippocamps, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 74074; Rouvier 563; cf. BMC 156–159; cf. Sawaya 1463-1485. 9.72gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 35mm of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Mysia. Circa AD 169-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ] ΑVΡΗ [ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝOϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ] •Π• ΡVΝΔ, tetrastyle temple enclosing statue of Apollo, nude, standing to right, holding arrow and resting left arm on column. RPC IV.2 Online 437 (temporary); SNG BnF 98. 30.45gr, 35mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online, no others on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
