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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LOT 3385
Geta, as Augustus AE 22mm of Juliopolis, Bithynia.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Lucius Verus AE 29mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. AD 161-169.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Inscription illegible, laureate head to right / Inscription illegible, nude Dioscuri standing facing each other, above each head, star; each wearing pileus and holding spear and bridle of horse; horses facing each other. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 25200 (temporary); Çizmeli -. 14.94gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by PRC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE Assarion of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 14 (AD 150/1).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
AY ANTΩNЄINOC CЄBAC, laureate head to right / KAICAPЄΩN T ΠΡ APΓAIΩ ЄT ΔI, turreted, veiled and draped bust of the city-goddess to right. RPC IV.3 Online 6708; Henseler 236a. 4.54gr, 17mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE 27mm of Lamus, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑY[ΤΟΚ]ΡΑΤΟΡΑ Μ [...] ΑΥΡ[Η Μ]ΑΚΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΛΑΜധΤ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΛΑΜധΤΙΔΟϹ], eagle standing facing on cippus or decorated altar, with wings spread, head to right, holding wreath in beak. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 71798; Levante E., The Coinage of Lamus in Cilicia in NC 1982, p. 139, 7; SNG PFPS 884; Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 27, 2223. 9.66gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
