LOT 3385
Geta, as Augustus AE 22mm of Juliopolis, Bithynia. AD 209-211.
ΑΥ Κ Π ϹЄ ΓЄΤΑϹ Α, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia standing to left, feeding serpent from patera. RPC V.2 Online Unassigned ID 71421.3 (this coin); RG -. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two more specimens cited by RPC Online.(5.77gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
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Lydia, Philadelphia AE 17mm. AD 193-211. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head of Dionysos to right, wreathed with ivy / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN, Pan, naked, dancing to left with both arms outstretched. BMC 35; SNG Copenhagen 353; Mionnet IV, 537; GRPC Lydia 87. 2.71gr, 17mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
L Є KAICAPOC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.65gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Gordian III AE 30mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. Dated Year 2 (AD 240/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S COL VIM, female figure (Provincia Moesia) standing to left, extending hands to bull at left and lion at right; AN II in exergue. Varbanov 115. 16.19gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 55, 18 April 2019, lot 573. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
