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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Septimius Severus AE Diassarion of Saitta, Lydia. AD 193-195.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΝΔΡΟΝΙΚΟΣ ΑΡΧΩΝ A (Andronikos IV), great-great-grandson of Iollas, first archon and stephanephoros. AY KAI Λ C-ЄΠ CЄOYHP[...], laureate head to right / [ЄΠI A]NΔPONЄIKOY APX A CAITTH-NΩ-N, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopia with her left. RPC V.2 Online Unassigned ID 70867; GRPC Lydia 86-87; Hochard 1697; Amandry Saittai A.II.2. 7.55gr, 25mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Domna, Augusta AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. Struck under Septimius Severus, struck AD 202-205.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Illegible inscription, draped bust to right / ΓVΘЄ[ATΩN], statue of Athena at the acropolis of Gythium, helmeted, standing to left, peplos over arms, holding spear with right hand. BCD Peloponnesos -; BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; NCP p. 62, 8; for similar reverse cf. Mionnet IV, p. 233, 72 (Geta); E. Papaefthymiou, "Monnaies du Péloponnèse dans la collection de la Fondation du monde hellénique" in BCH139-140.2 (2016), fig. 17; CNG, e-603, 424 (hammer: 650 USD). 3.66gr, 23mm, 3h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, 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.
