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LOT 3170
Lucius Verus AE 31mm of Midaeum, Phrygia. 164-165 AD.
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΡΜ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΜΙΔΑΕΩΝ, Zeus standing to left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre. RPC IV.2, 1911 (temporary); von Aulock, Phrygiens II, 748. Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens recorded by RPC Online.(18.71gr, 31mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a UK gallery.
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LOT 3170
Lucius Verus AE 31mm of Midaeum, Phrygia.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVT K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. H&J, Serdica 12.18.20.9; Ruzicka 244; Varbanov 2191. 15.44gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 20mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 26 of Agrippa II (AD 85/6).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
IMP CA D VES F DOM AVG GER COS XII, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕΠΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ, large S C, ET KϚ (date) in exergue. RPC II 2272; Meshorer 36; Sofaer 223; TJC 164; Hendin GBC 6 6356; Hendin GBC 5 1326. 4.80gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AYT K M ANTWNЄINOC[...], laureate head to right, slight drapery(?) on left shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ Y[...], eagle with spread wings, head and tail to right, standing facing and holding wreath in beak; Є(retrograde)-Δ across upper fields; between legs, star. Cf. Prieur 278. 11.61gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
