LOT 3386
Gallienus AE 23mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 253-268.
ΠΟΥ ΛΙ ΕΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ [ϹΕΒ], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Dionysos seated to left on quadriga of elephants, pouring libation from kantharos. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 74602; RG 836-7; SNG von Aulock 724-5; BMC 154. Near Very Fine.(7.28gr, 23mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3386
Gallienus AE 23mm of Nicaea, Bithynia.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Geta, as Caesar(?) AE 25mm of Paltus, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-209.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
[...] ΠΟ ΓЄΤΑC [...], bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΠΑΛΤΗΝധΝ [...], Nike standing to left, holding palm frond and wreath. Unpublished type of Paltus for Geta. 7.10gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 219.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 11.80gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased 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. -
Lydia, Sala AE 18mm. Circa AD 117. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΝΔΡΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ (Androneikos), magistrate. CΑΛΗΝΩΝ, draped bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ЄΠΙ ΑΝΔΡΟΝЄΙΚΟY, Kybele seated to left, holding patera in her right hand and leaning with her left on tympanon. RPC IV.2 Online 1416 (temporary); GRPC Lydia 22; BMC 18-19. 4.18gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 417. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
