LOT 3381
Gaius (Caligula) with Germanicus AE 21mm of Cnossus, Crete. AD 37-41.
C CAESAR GERMANICVS AVG, bare head of Gaius to right / GERMANICVS CAESAR, bare head of Germanicus to right. RPC I, 999. Very Fine. Rare.(5.51gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3381
Gaius (Caligula) with Germanicus AE 21mm of Cnossus, Crete.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Caracalla AE 25mm of Cremna, Pisidia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DIANAE [C]-REM, Diana standing facing, head to left, holding patera and spear; to right, stag. Von Aulock Pisidiens II, 1320 (Elagabalus; DIANAF). 7.18gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
According to Strabo (12.569), Kremna and the other cities of Pisidia were initially captured by Amyntas, the commander of the Galatian auxiliary army of Brutus and Cassius, who was proclaimed king of Galatia and Pisidia. Octavian allowed him to remain king until his death in 25 B.C., after which Cremna (Mon.Anc. 28; Strabo 12.569) was converted into a Roman colony (Colonia Iulia Augusta [Felix] Cremnena, CIL III, 6873). -
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. -
Gaius (Caligula) with Germanicus AE 21mm of Cnossus, Crete. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
C CAESAR GERMANICVS AVG, bare head of Gaius to right / GERMANICVS CAESAR, bare head of Germanicus to right. RPC I, 999. 5.51gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
