LOT 2780
Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
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. Very Fine.(5.25gr, 22mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Gordian III AE Tetrassarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT K • M • ANT • ΓOΡΔIANOC • AVΓ (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN (ΩN ligate) ΠPOC (ΠP ligate) ICTΡON, Zeus seated to left, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left, eagle at foot to left. RPC VII.2, 1320; Varbanov 4246; Moushmov 1485; AMNG 2040. 12.10gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine. This coin published at www.wildwinds.com.
From 10th Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 351-355. 3rd officina. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, helmeted soldier to left, spearing fallen horseman below; shield on ground to right; Γ in upper left field, • SMNS in exergue. RIC VIII 86 var. (headwear). 5.72gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Struck AD 59-60. NERO CLAVD • DIVI CLAVD • F • CAESAR AVG • GERMANI •, laureate head to right / Nike seated to right on globe, holding wreath. RPC I 3645; Sydenham, Caesarea 82; RIC I 617. 1.79gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
