LOT 4022
Lucius Verus AE 22mm of Titiopolis, Cilicia. Dated RY 3 (AD 163/4).
ΑV[Τ]Ο Κ [Λ ΑV] ΟVΗΡΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΤΙΤΙΟ[ΠΟΛЄΙTѠN] ЄT Γ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right. RPC IV.3 Online 9551 (temporary); Ziegler 238; Levante, Titiopolis -. Near Very Fine. Very Rare; four other examples on CoinArchives.(5.29gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4022
Lucius Verus AE 22mm of Titiopolis, Cilicia.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Hemiobol. Circa 411-404 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of nymph to left / ΑΘ, dolphin leaping to right within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Delepierre -; CN Online Type 54476; HGC 6, -. 0.24gr, 7mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare variety with dolphin to right and retrograde ethnic.
Ex TimeLine. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE 19mm. Circa 350 BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Bull butting to left; fish above / M-A Δ Y, dog seated to right; ear of grain behind. BMC Thrace 1 (possible magistrate's name in the exergue on reverse); Borrell 1 in Numismatic Chronicle 1840. 8.03gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Kolophon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £30
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram of KA in left field, Φ beneath throne. Price 1823. 4.22gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
