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LOT 3317
Mysia, Germe AE 16mm. Circa AD 100-150. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΙЄΡΑ ϹVΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟ, draped male bust of the Senate to right / ΓЄΡΜΗ-[ΝΩΝ], laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right; in front, laurel-branch. RPC III, 1771; BMC 1, pl. XVI, 1. Very Fine.(2.59gr, 16mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 265/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AYT Κ Π ΛΙK ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle with closed wings standing to right, holding wreath in beak; behind, palm frond; L ΙΓ (date) across field. RPC X Online 75534; Köln 2928; Dattari (Savio) 5288; K&G 90.86; Emmett 3806.13. 10.35gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE 15mm of Petra, Arabia. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AY K T AI Π AΔ AYΙ⟒Λ (sic), laureate and draped bust to right / AΔ ΜΗΤΡA (sic), turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; trophy to left. RPC IV.3 Online 6623.6 = Universität Münster 5988. 3.85gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Assarion of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. ΕΓΔΙΚΟΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟΣ (Egdikos, son of Fronton), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £107
[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. 3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
