LOT 3316
Philip I AE 26mm of Iuliopolis, Bithynia. AD 244-249.
Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia standing to right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing to left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 71078; RG -. Near Very Fine. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Extremely rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.(9.32gr, 26mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT ORBIS, female figure standing to right, presenting wreath to Emperor standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; Z between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 925; Cohen 509. 4.71gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Large flan.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Otho AR Denarius. AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £618
IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head to right / PONT MAX, Ceres standing to left, holding corn ears and cornucopia. RIC I 20 note; BMCRE 9; RSC -. 3.16gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. After AD 320. Contemporary imitation of an issue from Siscia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CNSNNN-NNNNSNNC, laureate head to right / CNNCVVVVCCTNONIN, wreath containing VOT • B in two lines; ЄSIS✱ in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 163. 2.55gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
