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 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 222-235.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ Α ϹЄΟ ΑΛЄΞ[...], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ, Tyche of the City seated on rock to left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming to left; above, ram leaping to left, looking back; to left, star; Δ Ε and S C across fields. Cf. RPC VI Oline 8068. 15.01gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 12mm. Circa 120-175. Agora Periods VB and C. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena with traces of drapery to left / ΑΘΗ, prow to right; serpent on ram. RPC IV.1 Online 8247 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 220(2); Svoronos, Athens pl. 97, 42. 1.53gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Gaius (Caligula) with Germanicus AE 21mm of Cnossus, Crete. AD 37-41.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
C CAESAR GERMANICVS AVG, bare head of Gaius to right / GERMANICVS CAESAR, bare head of Germanicus to right. RPC I, 999. 5.51gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
