LOT 3414
Lydia, Sardes AE Assarion. Time of Vespasian, circa AD 70-73. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΣ (Marcellus), proconsul for the second time, and ΤΙ- ΚΛΑΥ- ΦΙΛΕΙΝΟΣ (Ti. Klau. Phileinos), strategos for the second time. ЄΠI TI KΛAV ΦIΛЄINOV CTPA, draped bust of Roma-Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ЄΠI MAPKЄΛΛOV CAPΔIANΩN TO B, tetrastyle temple with pellet in pediment. BMC 67; RPC II 1305. Very Fine.(4.12gr, 18mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3414
Lydia, Sardes AE Assarion.
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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Nero AE Third Assarion of Apollonoshieron, Lydia. AD 54-68.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙCΑΡ CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate head to right / ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ, Apollo standing facing, holding patera in his right hand and resting his left on lyre set on ground. RPC I, 3045; GRPC Lydia 23; SNG Copenhagen 33; SNG von Aulock 2908. 3.18gr, 18mm, 12h.
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. -
Elagabalus AE 28mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Illegible inscription, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: radiate head of Helios / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ЄΤ Β (date), agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar, surmounted by three figures. Cf. RPC VI Online 30824. 11.33gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
