LOT 3382
Lucius Verus AE 29mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. AD 161-169.
Inscription illegible, laureate head to right / Inscription illegible, nude Dioscuri standing facing each other, above each head, star; each wearing pileus and holding spear and bridle of horse; horses facing each other. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 25200 (temporary); Çizmeli -. Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by PRC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.(14.94gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Commodus AE Third Assarion of Alexandreia Troas, Troas. Circa AD 184-190.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CAI COMM A, bare head to right / COL AVG TROA, tripod. RPC IV.2 Online 189 (temporary); Bellinger A231. 2.25gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 23mm of Nysa, Lydia. Circa AD 161-165, probably circa AD 161–163.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[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. 8.03gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Philip I AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucia and Pieria. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVTOK K M IOVΛΙ ΦΙΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, turreted, draped and veiled bust of Tyche to right, ram leaping to right above, star below; Δ Є and S C across fields. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 7494 (temporary); McAlee 977; BMC 527. 12.87gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Porous surfaces.
Purchased privately from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
