LOT 3493
Mesopotamia, Carrhae AE 10mm. Time of the Antonines, circa AD 138-192. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Crab; [ΚΑΡΡΗΝѠΝ] below / Crescent on filleted globe surmounted by star; ΚΑΡΡ[ΗΝѠΝ] below. RPC IV.3 Online 3984 (temporary). Very Fine.(1.00gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑVΤ • ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟC CЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head to left, with wreath in beak; prow of galley to left between legs. Prieur 1292. 12.39gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Corinth, Corinthia. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, laureate head to right / C L I COR (Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium), temple with two columns enclosing statue of nude Mercury/Hermes seated to left, extending right hand over ram, and holding caduceus and chlamys with left. RPC IV.1 Online 7872 (temporary); BCD Corinth 655. 12.20gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From early 20th century collection, acquired in 1934. Accompanied by old collector's envelope noting '3/12/34'. -
Phrygia, Ankyra AE 20mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΙЄΡΑ CV-NKΛΗΤΟC; draped bust of the Senate to right / ANKYPANΩN in three lines within laurel wreath. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 1028. 5.50gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
