LOT 3435
Marcus Aurelius AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-180.
AVT KAI M ANTΩNIN, laureate head to right / MHTPOΠΟΛEΩC, anchor entwined by serpent. RPC IV.3 Online 4034 (temporary); Arslan -. Near Very Fine. Very rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online.(4.55gr, 17mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3435
Marcus Aurelius AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Domitian with Agrippa II AE 21mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Dated RY 26 of the second era of Agrippa II (86/7 CE).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IM CA D VES F D OM AV GER COS XII, laureate bust of Domitian to right, aegis at point of bust / EΠI BA AΓPI, crossed cornucopias over winged caduceus; ET KS (date) across fields, S C below. RPC II, 2271 (Caesarea Panias); Meshorer 163; Hendin 6355; Sofaer 222; Shoshana I 20184. 4.48gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Gallienus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
COΛ-IENVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL G(?) IVL H PHB(sic), Marsyas standing to left, raising right hand and carrying wineskin over left shoulder. RPC X Unassigned ID 97471 (this coin). 4.38gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare variety. Only this example known, published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Domna, Augusta AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. Struck under Septimius Severus, struck AD 202-205.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Illegible inscription, draped bust to right / ΓVΘЄ[ATΩN], statue of Athena at the acropolis of Gythium, helmeted, standing to left, peplos over arms, holding spear with right hand. BCD Peloponnesos -; BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; NCP p. 62, 8; for similar reverse cf. Mionnet IV, p. 233, 72 (Geta); E. Papaefthymiou, "Monnaies du Péloponnèse dans la collection de la Fondation du monde hellénique" in BCH139-140.2 (2016), fig. 17; CNG, e-603, 424 (hammer: 650 USD). 3.66gr, 23mm, 3h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
