LOT 3215
Lucius Verus AE 22mm of Hieropolis, Cyrrhestica. AD 161-169.
Radiate head to left; below, palm branch / ΘЄΑС СΥΡΙΑС ΙЄΡΟΠΟ A(?) in three lines; star above; all within laurel wreath. RPC IV.3, 8547 (temporary) var. (no star); cf. RPC IV.3, 6990.16 (temporary). Near Very Fine. Scarce.(10.12gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Gordian III AE 26mm of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ(ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AΔPIANOΠOΛЄITΩN, Demeter standing to left, holding ears of corn and torch. RPC VII.2, 700. 8.57gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVT K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. H&J, Serdica 12.18.20.9; Ruzicka 244; Varbanov 2191. 15.44gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE 23mm of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AD 139-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑVΡΗΛΙΟС ΟVΗΡΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, radiate and draped bust of Helios to right. RPC IV online 3915; Jurukova 46-7. 7.85gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann), Auction 69, 2 September 2018, lot 214 (company's ticket included). Ex CNG (company's ticket included). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
