LOT 3409
Lucius Verus AE 23mm of Nysa, Lydia. Circa AD 161-165, probably circa AD 161–163.
[Λ ΑΥΡ Κ]ΑΙϹΑΡ [ΟΥΗΡΟϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΝΥϹΑ]-ЄΩΝ, Kore standing to left, holding long sceptre. RPC IV.2 Online 1477 (temporary); Regling, Nysa 107 corr.; BMC 38 corr. Near Very Fine. Rare.(8.03gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE 17mm of Attaea, Mysia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] NЄPBA [...], laureate head to right / ΑΤΤΑЄΙΤΩΝ, draped bust of the Senate to right. RPC III, 1756. 2.86gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla, with Julia Domna AE Pentassarion of 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 211-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓOΥCΤΟC ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, confronted busts of Caracalla, laureate and draped, to right and Julia Domna, draped, to left / ΥΠ ΚΥΝΤΙΛIΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Є in left field. AMNG I 1 678; Varbanov 1054. 12.01gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 667. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 19mm. Time of Augustus, circa mid-late 20s BC. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing Attic helmet / Athena advancing to right, holding spear pointed upwards; before, coiled serpent to right; Α-ΘΕ in two lines behind; all within wreath. RPC I, 1309B; Chaidari and Ag. Varvara hoards 47; Kroll, Agora 151; Svoronos pl. 80, 34. 8.45gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples in RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
