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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Lucius Verus AE 23mm of Nysa, Lydia. Circa AD 161-165, probably circa AD 161–163.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[Λ ΑΥΡ Κ]ΑΙϹΑΡ [ΟΥΗΡΟϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΝΥϹΑ]-ЄΩΝ, Kore standing to left, holding long sceptre. RPC IV.2 Online 1477 (temporary); Regling, Nysa 107 corr.; BMC 38 corr. 8.03gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar AE 17mm of Pautalia, Thrace. AD 198-209.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Λ[...] ΓЄΤΑC Κ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΟΥΛΠΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙ[...], Zeus seated to left, holding sceptre and patera. 4.47gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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);
