LOT 3410
Lydia, Philadelphia AE 17mm. AD 193-211. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Head of Dionysos to right, wreathed with ivy / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN, Pan, naked, dancing to left with both arms outstretched. BMC 35; SNG Copenhagen 353; Mionnet IV, 537; GRPC Lydia 87. Near Very Fine.(2.71gr, 17mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3410
Lydia, Philadelphia AE 17mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Geta, as Caesar AE 19mm of Pessinus, Galatia. AD 198-209.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤ]ΑϹ ΚΑΙϹ, bare-headed and draped bust to right, seen from front / ΠЄϹϹΙΝΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, river god reclining to left, resting on water urn. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 72827; Devreker 172. 4.39gr, 19mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ•C • ΠΙ-ΟC • ΑVΓΟVCTOC, laureate head to right / VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛΙΑΝ-ΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛIΤ-Ω-Ν, Tyche standing facing, head to left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar with right hand and holding cornucopia in left. Hristova/Jekov 6.18.36.10a; Varbanov 981. 9.08gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Geta, as Augustus AE 22mm of Juliopolis, Bithynia. AD 209-211.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΥ Κ Π ϹЄ ΓЄΤΑϹ Α, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia standing to left, feeding serpent from patera. RPC V.2 Online Unassigned ID 71421.3 (this coin); RG -. 5.77gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two more specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
