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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Tiberius AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 18/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Bare head to right; [Σ]-E flanking neck / TI L E (date) in two lines within oak wreath. RPC I, 5083; Dattari (Savio) 94 and 6613; K&G 5.7; Emmett 68.5 (R5); CNG E-503, 311. 2.09gr, 15mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] AY ANTΩΝΙΝ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΓΥΘЄ]-ΑΤΩΝ, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding long spear and patera. 3.86gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla, with Julia Domna AE Pentassarion of 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 211-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓOΥCΤΟC ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, confronted busts of Caracalla, laureate and draped, to right and Julia Domna, draped, to left / ΥΠ ΚΥΝΤΙΛIΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Є in left field. AMNG I 1 678; Varbanov 1054. 12.01gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 667. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
