LOT 3440
Hadrian AE Hemiassarion of Half Assarion of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7).
ΣΕΚΟΥΝΔΟΣ (Secundus), magistrate. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[ΟϹ ϹЄΒACT], laureate head to right / [ЄΠΙ ϹЄΚΟΥΝ]ΔΟΥ, Mount Argaios surmounted by wreath; ЄΤ ΙΑ below. Cf. RPC III Online 3148; cf. Sydenham, Caesarea, 239. Near Very Fine.(3.24gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3440
Hadrian AE Hemiassarion of Half Assarion of Caesarea, Cappadocia.
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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Augustus AE As of Carthago Nova, Hispania. 27 BC-AD 14. C. Varus Rufus and Sex. Julius Pollio, duoviri.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, laureate head to right / C•VAR•RVF•SEX IVL•POL•II•VIR•Q•, emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis and apex. RPC I 167; ACIP 3137. 11.56gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Troas, Alexandria Troas AE 'As'. Time of Trebonianus Gallus to Valerian I, AD 251-260. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CO ALEX TRO, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right, with vexillum inscribed CO AV in two lines behind / COL AVG TROADE, Herakles standing facing, head to right, resting his right hand on hip and leaning left on club set on rock; to left, bow and quiver. RPC IX 533 = SNG von Aulock 1464 = Bellinger A484. 4.13gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; apparently the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 222-235.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ Α ϹЄΟ ΑΛЄΞ[...], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ, Tyche of the City seated on rock to left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming to left; above, ram leaping to left, looking back; to left, star; Δ Ε and S C across fields. Cf. RPC VI Oline 8068. 15.01gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
