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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Severus Alexander AE 22mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 7(?) (AD 227/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΑΥ Κ ϹЄΟΥΗ ΑΛЄ[...], radiate and draped bust to right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄѠϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ЄΤ [Ζ?] in six lines. RPC VI Online 6845 (temporary); BMC 334-5; SNG von Aulock 6521. 8.06gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Lydia, Sala AE 18mm. Circa AD 117. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΝΔΡΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ (Androneikos), magistrate. CΑΛΗΝΩΝ, draped bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ЄΠΙ ΑΝΔΡΟΝЄΙΚΟY, Kybele seated to left, holding patera in her right hand and leaning with her left on tympanon. RPC IV.2 Online 1416 (temporary); GRPC Lydia 22; BMC 18-19. 4.18gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 417. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 29mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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 -. 14.94gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by PRC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
