LOT 3662
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Bizya, Thrace. AD 247-249.
M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / BIZVHNΩN, athlete standing to left, dropping distance marker. Varbanov 1596; Jurukova 159-60. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(3.42gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 62, 17 October 2019, lot 717.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Lydia, Sardes AE 19mm. Time of Caracalla, AD 211-217. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ϹΑΡ-ΔΙϹ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / CΑΡΔIANΩN • Β • NЄΩKOΡΩΝ, facing statue of Kore of Sardes; grain ear to left, poppy to right. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 74062; GRPC Lydia 330. 3.55gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AE 25mm of Edessa, Macedon. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
AV • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC •, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CΔC-C-CCΩN, Roma seated to left on shield, holding Nike, being crowned by the Tyche of Edessa standing to left behind, holding sceptre. Varbanov 3674. 7.91gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macedon under Roman Rule, First Meris AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 156-2nd half of 2nd century BC. Amphipolis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder, on the boss of a Macedonian shield / Club; monogram of ΒΥΔΡ and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ and monograms of KT and MET below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Cf. Prokopov, Silver, Group II.A, 258 (slightly differing lower monograms); HGC 3, 1103. 16.67gr, 31mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
