LOT 3370
Plautilla AE 25mm of Corcyra, Illyria. AD 202-205.
[ΠΛΑΥΤΙΛΛΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ], draped bust to right / [ΚΟΡΚΥΡΑΙധΝ], Pegasus flying to right. SNG Copenhagen 270; BMC 691. Near Very Fine.(6.62gr, 25mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Troas, Alexandria Troas AE 'As'. Time of Trebonianus Gallus to Valerian I, AD 251-260. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CO ALEX TRO, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right, with vexillum inscribed CO AV in two lines behind / COL AVG TROADE, Herakles standing facing, head to right, resting his right hand on hip and leaning left on club set on rock; to left, bow and quiver. RPC IX 533 = SNG von Aulock 1464 = Bellinger A484. 4.13gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; apparently the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 25mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 199-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ Α, radiate head to right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ •, Nemesis standing facing, head to left, holding scales and palm branch; to left, wheel. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 72058; Arslan 38 ('Elagabalus') = Arslan 1997, 114 ('Elagabalus') = Arslan, CGK 174 ('Elagabalus'). 8.57gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑVΤ•Κ•Μ•Α•••ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right, with slight drapery / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ЄΞ•YΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ Β, eagle standing facing with spread wings, head to left, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields, star between legs. RPC VI Online 7959 (uncertain mint); McAlee 758; Prieur 249. 11.80gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 724. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
