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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Caracalla AE 24mm of Sardes, Lydia. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ B ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding long thyrsus and kantharus. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 73912; GRPC Lydia -; Hochard -. 6.26gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Trebonianus Gallus AE 22mm of Colybrassus, Cilicia. AD 251-253.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
[ΑVΤΚΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΙ Ο]V ΤΡЄ ΓΑΛΛΟΝ ϹЄ[Β], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΚΟΛVΒΡΑϹϹЄΩΝ, Athena standing to left, head to right, holding spear and patera. RPC IX 1191; SNG BnF 554. 4.09gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus, with Herod IV Philip AE 19mm of Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi), Judaea. Dated RY 12 of Herod IV (8/9 CE).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ, bare head of Augustus to left / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΤΕΤΡ, tetrastyle temple façade (Augusteum of Paneas), two branches in pediment; L I B (date) between columns. RPC I, 6253; Meshorer 98; Hendin 6253; Sofaer 122. 5.09gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
