LOT 3389
Marcus Aurelius AE 35mm of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Mysia. Circa AD 169-175.
[ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ] ΑVΡΗ [ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝOϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ] •Π• ΡVΝΔ, tetrastyle temple enclosing statue of Apollo, nude, standing to right, holding arrow and resting left arm on column. RPC IV.2 Online 437 (temporary); SNG BnF 98. Good Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online, no others on CoinArchives.(30.45gr, 35mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3389
Marcus Aurelius AE 35mm of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Mysia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ•C • ΠΙ-ΟC • ΑVΓΟVCTOC, laureate head to right / VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛΙΑΝ-ΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛIΤ-Ω-Ν, Tyche standing facing, head to left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar with right hand and holding cornucopia in left. Hristova/Jekov 6.18.36.10a; Varbanov 981. 9.08gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Gallienus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. -
Geta, as Caesar AE 19mm of Pessinus, Galatia. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤ]ΑϹ ΚΑΙϹ, bare-headed and draped bust to right, seen from front / ΠЄϹϹΙΝΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, river god reclining to left, resting on water urn. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 72827; Devreker 172. 4.39gr, 19mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
