LOT 3421
Hadrian AE 18mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 117-138.
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ-ΩΝ, Zeus standing facing, head to left, holding Nike on his extended right hand, left resting on sceptre; at his feet, eagle standing on altar. RPC III, 2328; SNG Copenhagen 574. Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three examples cited by RPC Online.(4.53gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3421
Hadrian AE 18mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Elagabalus AE 28mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Illegible inscription, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: radiate head of Helios / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ЄΤ Β (date), agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar, surmounted by three figures. Cf. RPC VI Online 30824. 11.33gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE Assarion. Time of Vespasian, circa AD 70-73. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΣ (Marcellus), proconsul for the second time, and ΤΙ- ΚΛΑΥ- ΦΙΛΕΙΝΟΣ (Ti. Klau. Phileinos), strategos for the second time. ЄΠI TI KΛAV ΦIΛЄINOV CTPA, draped bust of Roma-Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ЄΠI MAPKЄΛΛOV CAPΔIANΩN TO B, tetrastyle temple with pellet in pediment. BMC 67; RPC II 1305. 4.12gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Inscription illegible, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: radiate head of Helios to right / Inscription illegible, agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on altar; surmounted by three figures. Cf. RPC VI Online 30934. 10gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
