LOT 3423
Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE 15mm. Late 1st century BC(?). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena to left, wearing aegis / ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄΩΝ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond. RPC II, 1298; SNG von Aulock 3817; BMC 81. Near Very Fine.(2.36gr, 15mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3423
Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE 15mm.
Estimate £10 - 20€12 - 23 (for guidance only)$14 - 27 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kings of Thrace. Rhoemetalkes I with Augustus AE 19mm. 11 BC-12 AD.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOΥ, diademed head of Rhoemetalkes to right / KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, bare head of Augustus to right. RPC I, 1718. 4.86gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 25mm of Cremna, Pisidia. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DIANAE [C]-REM, Diana standing facing, head to left, holding patera and spear; to right, stag. Von Aulock Pisidiens II, 1320 (Elagabalus; DIANAF). 7.18gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
According to Strabo (12.569), Kremna and the other cities of Pisidia were initially captured by Amyntas, the commander of the Galatian auxiliary army of Brutus and Cassius, who was proclaimed king of Galatia and Pisidia. Octavian allowed him to remain king until his death in 25 B.C., after which Cremna (Mon.Anc. 28; Strabo 12.569) was converted into a Roman colony (Colonia Iulia Augusta [Felix] Cremnena, CIL III, 6873). -
Faustina II AE 24mm of Apamea, Bithynia. AD 147-175.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
FΛUCTINΛC ΛUG, draped bust to right / NEPTUN[I C I] C Λ ∂ ∂ (Colonia Iulia Concordia Apamea decurionum decreto), nude Neptune (Poseidon) standing facing, head to left, holding dolphin and trident. RPC IV.1, 4729 (temporary); RG 55. 6.62gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by RPC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
