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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Hadrian AE As. AD 129-130. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS. bare-headed and draped bust to right / COS III P P, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopia; S C across fields, FORT RED in exergue. RIC II.3 1350. 10.59gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing to right, resting one hand on hip and other on club set on rock; lion skin beside club. RIC IV 95; RSC 404. 3.79gr, 21mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, in hexastyle temple with wreath in pediment and Victories as acroteria, holding globe and sceptre, shield at feet; RB[...] in exergue. RIC VI 210. 2.94gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
