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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LOT 3382
Lucius Verus AE 29mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Gallienus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
COΛ-IENVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL G(?) IVL H PHB(sic), Marsyas standing to left, raising right hand and carrying wineskin over left shoulder. RPC X Unassigned ID 97471 (this coin). 4.38gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare variety. Only this example known, published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
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.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[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. -
Augustus AE As of Carthago Nova, Hispania. 27 BC-AD 14. C. Varus Rufus and Sex. Julius Pollio, duoviri.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, laureate head to right / C•VAR•RVF•SEX IVL•POL•II•VIR•Q•, emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis and apex. RPC I 167; ACIP 3137. 11.56gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection.
