LOT 3353
Marcus Aurelius AE 20mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 161-180. Legionary issue.
ΑΥΤO [...], laureate head to right / Mount Argaios surmounted by statue of Sol-Helios; c/m: L XV(?) within rectangular incuse. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 17323. Near Very Fine.(7.12gr, 20mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3353
Marcus Aurelius AE 20mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Nero AE 23mm of Tripolis, Phoenicia. Dated CY 379 (AD 67/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head of Nero to right; lituus before; c/m: IMP(erator) • G•AL(ba) (IMP and AL ligate) within rectangular incuse / ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤ-ധ[Ν L ΘΟΤ (date)] anticlockwise, jugate heads of the Dioscuri to right. RPC I, 4520; SNG Copenhagen 277; for c/m: Howgego 592. 7.74gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL TV-RO METR, Cadmus advancing to right holding spear in left hand and beckoning behind him with right; to left, murex shell. RPC X Unassigned ID 62891 var. (bust and obverse legend). 11.20gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Maeonia AE 14mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate and draped bust of Herakles to right / ΜΑΙΟΝΩ[Ν], club and bow in bowcase; above, bee. RPC III, 2428; GRPC Lydia 20; SNG von Aulock 3008. 2.98gr, 14mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
