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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Trajan AE Quadrans. Circa AD 112-114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate bust of Hercules to right, wearing lion skin draped around his neck / Boar walking to right; S C in exergue. RIC 702; BMC 1062; Cohen 341; Woytek 602b. 2.64gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crispina AE As. AD 178-191. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / IVNO LVCINA, Juno standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 680 (Commodus); Cohen 24; BMCRE 433 (Commodus). 13.85gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate head to right / DOMINI • N • LICINI AVG, VOT • XX in two lines within wreath; •AQS• in exergue. RIC VII 86. 2.46gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
