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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Gordian III AE 31mm of Viminacium, Moesia. Dated Year 3 (AD 241/2).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing to left between bull standing to right and lion standing to left; AN III I(date) n exergue. RPC VII.2 20; SNG Copenhagen 142; BMC 9. 17.92gr, 31mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 828. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Domitian AE 14mm of Canatha, Decapolis. Dated CY 157 (AD 94/5).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΔOMITI KAICAP, laureate head to left / KANATA, turreted bust of Tyche to left; ZNP (date) to left. RPC II, 2092; Sofaer 2; Spijkerman 4; Rosenberger 3. 2.87gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Elagabalus AE 20mm of Seleucia, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α • [...], laureate head to right / ΑVΓΟVϹΤΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ, draped bust of Julia Maesa to right. RPC VI Online 8113 (temporary). 5.79gr, 20mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one more example cited by RPC Online.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 1112. Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
