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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Caracalla AE 22mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 211-215.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[IMP M AVR SEV ANTON AVG], laureate head to right / [COL BER], Poseidon standing facing, head to left, wearing polos, in quadriga of four hippocamps, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 74074; Rouvier 563; cf. BMC 156–159; cf. Sawaya 1463-1485. 9.72gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE 15mm of Alexandria, Troas. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP [...], laureate head to ight / APOLLO-N SMIN[Θ?], nude Apollo Smintheus advancing to left, holding patera and laurel-branch(?). RPC IV.2 Online 142 (temporary); Bellinger A 181. 1.63gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Selinus-Traianopolis, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[AY] KAI M OΠ[...]EINOC [C?], laureate head to right / [TPAIAN]O CEΛI[NOY THC IEPAC?]; Apollo Sidetes, standing facing, wearing short chiton and mantle, holding phiale and resting on sceptre; at his feet to right, raven. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 86080; SNG BnF 684 = Levante E., The Coinage of Selinus in Cilicia in NC 1990, p. 231, 57; Leu Numismatik, Web 42, 1158. 11.96gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently the third known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
