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LOT 3447
Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. Time of Vespasian, AD 69-79. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
CAPΔI-ANΩN, draped bust of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / CAPΔI-ANΩN, Zeus Lydios standing to left, holding eagle and sceptre. GRPC Lydia 271; Leypold I, 1200. Very Fine. Very rare.(5.43gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Macrinus AE 23mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. SNG BnF 1501. 5.86gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla, as Caesar AE 27mm of Uncertain Mint, Minor Asia. AD 195-198.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Uncertain male deity standing facing, head to left, holding patera(?) with right hand and sceptre with left. 10.56gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, eagle standing to left, head to right; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5777; Emmett 4087.8. 6.63gr, 20mm,12h.
Very Fine. Olive green patina with brown highlights.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
