LOT 4013
Macrinus AE 27mm of Corycus, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
AV K M OΠЄ CЄV (or OΠ CЄOV?) ΜΑKΡΙΝΟϹ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with gorgoneion on cuirass / ΚΩΡV ΝΑVAP ΑVΤΟΝO, Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 93779 corr. (legends). Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only this example cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.(8.10gr, 27mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 109, 11 May 2023, lot 860.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
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LOT 4013
Macrinus AE 27mm of Corycus, Cilicia.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£90 (EUR 104; USD 122) +BP*
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Lydia, Tripolis AE 22mm. Time of the Antonines, AD 138-192. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted bust of Athena to left, wearing aegis / ΤΡΙΠΟΛ-ΕΙΤΩ-Ν, Zeus Lydios standing to left, holding eagle and leaning on sceptre. RPC III, 2559B; SNG München 789-91; SNG von Aulock -; BMC 10. 5.58gr, 22mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 20mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 161-180. Legionary issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
ΑΥΤO [...], laureate head to right / Mount Argaios surmounted by statue of Sol-Helios; c/m: L XV(?) within rectangular incuse. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 17323. 7.12gr, 20mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Valerian I AE 26mm of Kyzikos, Mysia. AD 253-260. Struck under the strategos Apollonides.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian to right / ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ, lighted altar between two flaming torches entwined by serpents. RPC X Unassigned ID 61878 (this coin); SNG BnF 859; SNG Leypold 359. 10.53gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Nomos AG, obolos 31, 21 April 2024, lot 446. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
