LOT 3347
Lucius Verus AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-169.
ΑΥΤO Λ OΥΗΡOϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΚ-ΥΡΑϹ, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC IV.3 Online 9787 = Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, GR 19738 (Ankyra in Phrygia). Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(4.12gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Lycum, Pontus. Dated CY 42 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΤΟ ϚΙ, laureate head to right / [Ν]ЄΙΚΟΠΟ[ΛЄധ]Ϲ [ЄΤΟΥϹ ΜΒ], Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. RPC III, 2942; cf. Dalaison, Nicopolis, 15a. 8.85gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 279/80).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A K M AYP ΠΡOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wings gathered, holding wreath in beak; L Є (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75796; Köln 3145; Dattari (Savio) 5553; K&G 112.22; Emmett 3984.5. 8.33gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Geta BI Tetradrachm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΓЄΤΑϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Β •, eagle standing facing on club, head and tail to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex between legs. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 81871; Bellinger 300; Prieur 1537. 13.12gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
