LOT 3180
Hadrian AE 34mm of Koinon of Bithynia. AD 117-138.
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ, bareheaded and draped bust to left / ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑС, octastyle temple; prow in exergue. RPC III, 1019; BMC 19. Near Very Fine.(24.09gr, 34mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gordian III AE 18mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[M ANT Γ]ΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC AVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / N I K A [IEΩN], four legionary standards; the centre two topped with capricorns(?), the outer two, topped with crowns. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1968; cf. Rec Gen 715. 3.33gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Augustus AE 18mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
[AVG], bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right. RPC I 1656; Varbanov 3770. 4.03gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Augustus AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CAESAR, laureate head to right / Dolphin entwined around trident; all within wreath. RPC I, 4536; Rouvier 486; Sawaya 136-146. 8.50gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
