LOT 3893
Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE Hemiassarion or Half Assarion. Time of Tiberius, AD 14-37. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΚΟΡ. ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ (Kor. Dioskourides), magistrate. ΛΑΟΔΙ-ΚΕΩΝ, draped bust of Mên set to right on crescent, wearing Phrygian cap / ΚΟΡ ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ, eagle standing to right, head turned back to left. RPC I 2907; BMC 64. Near Very Fine.(2.64gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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LOT 3893
Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE Hemiassarion or Half Assarion.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 14(?) (AD 67/8).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[NЄPΩ KΛAV] KAIΣ ΣЄB ΓЄP AV, radiate bust to left, wearing aegis; [L IΔ(?) (date) beneath chin] / HPA APΓEIA, diademed, veiled and draped bust of Hera to right; star beneath chin. Cf. RPC 5315; cf. Emmett 122; cf. Dattari (Savio) 236. 8.21gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Antoninus Pius AE 11mm of Perge, Pamphylia. AD 138-161.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
KAICA ANTΩNEI, laureate head to right / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Sphinx seated to left, uncertain symbol behind. Unpublished. 1.19gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and possibly unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Epiphaneia-Traianopolis AE 17mm. Dated year 181 (AD 113/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Ivy-wreathed and draped bust of Dionysos to right, thyrsus(?) over shoulder; ΑΡΠ (date) before / ЄΠΙΦΑΝЄѠΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟ, Artemis wearing short chiton standing, facing, head to right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow. RPC III 3392; Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 444, 1. 2.45gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three more examples cited by RPC Online.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 112, 7 September 2023, lot 413. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
