LOT 2621
Kings of Thrace. Rhoimetalkes I and Pythodoris, with Augustus and Livia, AE 27mm. Circa 11 BC-AD 12.
BAΣIΛEΩΣ POIMHTAΛKOY, jugate heads of Rhoemetalkes, diademed, and Queen Pythodoris to right / KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, jugate heads of Augustus, laureate and Livia draped to right; capricorn and globe in bottom right field. RPC I 1708; Youroukova 182-4. Very Fine.(14.22gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2621
Kings of Thrace. Rhoimetalkes I and Pythodoris, with Augustus and Livia, AE 27mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Trajan AE 25mm of Beroea, Cyrrhestica. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ]ΑΙС ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΡΙСΤ СΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate head to right / ΒΕΡΟΙΑΙധΝ in two lines, B below; all within wreath. RPC III, 3426; BMC 3. 12.22gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 23.00gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Phrygia, Bria or Briana AE 19mm. Time of the Severans, AD 193-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos / BΡΙΑ-ΝΩΝ, Isis standing facing, head to left, holding sistrum with right hand and situla with left. Von Aulock, Phrygiens 225-37; SNG von Aulock 3520; BMC 1. 3.38gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 545, 30 August 2023, lot 411.
