LOT 3401
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 15mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius, AD 160-169. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Three ears of corn / ΜΑΓΝΗΤധΝ (retrograde), eagle facing, head to right, with open wings. RPC IV.2 Online 1050 (temporary); SNG von Aulock 2047. Very Fine. No other examples on CoinArchives.(3.65gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Lucius Verus AE 29mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Inscription illegible, laureate head to right / Inscription illegible, nude Dioscuri standing facing each other, above each head, star; each wearing pileus and holding spear and bridle of horse; horses facing each other. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 25200 (temporary); Çizmeli -. 14.94gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by PRC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Philadelphia AE 17mm. AD 193-211. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head of Dionysos to right, wreathed with ivy / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN, Pan, naked, dancing to left with both arms outstretched. BMC 35; SNG Copenhagen 353; Mionnet IV, 537; GRPC Lydia 87. 2.71gr, 17mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AVT KAI M A ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ (or similar), laureate head to right / S•C; Δ Є above, eagle below; all within wreath. Cf. RPC VI Online 8045 (temporary). 5.29gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 879. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
