LOT 3433
Macrinus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Selinus-Traianopolis, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
[AY] KAI M OΠ[...]EINOC [C?], laureate head to right / [TPAIAN]O CEΛI[NOY THC IEPAC?]; Apollo Sidetes, standing facing, wearing short chiton and mantle, holding phiale and resting on sceptre; at his feet to right, raven. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 86080; SNG BnF 684 = Levante E., The Coinage of Selinus in Cilicia in NC 1990, p. 231, 57; Leu Numismatik, Web 42, 1158. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently the third known example.(11.96gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3433
Macrinus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Selinus-Traianopolis, Cilicia.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Severus Alexander AE 22mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 7(?) (AD 227/8).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
Trajan AE 20mm of Miletopolis, Mysia. AD 98-117.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄ[Β ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ], laureate head to right / [ΜЄΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛЄΙ]ΤΩΝ, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena to right. RPC III, 1640. 5.44gr, 20mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 21mm of Phialia, Arcadia. Struck circa AD 198-209.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] AYP A[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [ΦI]-A ΛЄWN, Athena standing to left, holding with right hand patera and spear in left. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 1656.1; cf. BCD Peloponnesos II 2917; NCP p. 107; Dura -; BMC -. 4.14gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Sand patina.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
