LOT 3459
Geta, as Caesar AE 24mm of Dium, Decapolis. Dated CY 270 of Septimius Severus (AD 207/8).
Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤΑϹ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΔЄΙΗ-ΝധΝ Ο[Ϲ] (date), War-god Hadad standing facing, wearing kalathos with bull horns, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and Nike; recumbent bulls flanking. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68424; Spijkerman 7; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 6-7. Very Fine.(11.03gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3459
Geta, as Caesar AE 24mm of Dium, Decapolis.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 141/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ [C]ЄB ЄYCB(sic), laureate head to right / Poseidon standing to right, foot on prow, holding trident and dolphin; L Є (date) across fields. RPC IV.4, 364; Dattari 2321; Geissen 1378. 11.97gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Assarion of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. ΕΓΔΙΚΟΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟΣ (Egdikos, son of Fronton), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £107
[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. 3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, radiate bust to left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) beneath chin / ΣΕBAΣTOΦOPOΣ, galley sailing to right, dolphins below. RPC I, 5296; Dattari (Savio) 264; Emmett 121.13. 12.86gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
