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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Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Uncertain Mint, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α [...], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΔΗΜΑ[...]ΟϹ ΤΟ Β, eagle standing to right, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є flanking head, star between legs. Cf. RPC VI Online 7949 (Uncertain mint); cf. Prieur 249 (Emesan Issues). 12.50gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 18mm. Dated year 177 (AD 128/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, head of Zeus to right wearing taenia / ЄT ZOP (date), Boule of Antioch seated to left, dropping voting pebble into urn; B to left. RPC III, 3739; CRS 272; McAlee 126(b). 5.40gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only three specimens recorded by RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 25mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CAB TPANKV[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust Gordian to right, facing draped and diademed bust of Tranquillina to left / OVΛΠIANΩ[...], Tyche-Fortuna standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1191. 11.76gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
