LOT 3199
Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE 17mm. Time of Tiberius, circa AD 14-37. ΠΥΘΗΣ ΠΥΘΟΥ, (Pythes, son of Pythes), magistrate. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Laureate head of Apollo to right; [kithara] to left, monogram of ΠΥΘ to right / Headdress of Isis; ΛΑΟΔΙ-ΚΕΩΝ around. RPC I 2905; AMC 1399. Near Very Fine.(4.17gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan Decius AE 27mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 249-251 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C MES [...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [...] CAES METR, eagle standing to left, head turned to right, with open wings, supporting wreath with bust of Tyche to right. Cf. RPC IX 2068; cf. Kadman, Caesarea 129-130. 18.38gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Earthen brown patina, some roughness.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 32mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 281 (AD 218).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
[ΑΥΤ] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ[ΟϹ], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡΕWΝ A[Π]C (date), galley to left with rowers; at stern, navigator; at prow, figure standing and holding standard. RPC VI Online 9255; Spijkerman 85; Rosenberger 79; Sofaer 91. 16.87gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 11mm of Beroea, Cyrrhestica. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[ΑΥΤ] ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ, laureate head to right / ΒΕΡΟI-ΑΙധΝ, laurel branch. RPC III 3436; BMC 11. 1.50gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
