LOT 4025
Salonica, Augusta AE 25mm of Ancyra, Galatia. AD 254-268.
ΚΟΡΝΗ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ, draped bust to right, set on crescent / ΜΗΤΡΟ Β Ν ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ, table with prize crown from which two branches emerge flanked by two purses. RPC X Unassigned ID 81936. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.(10.11gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4025
Salonica, Augusta AE 25mm of Ancyra, Galatia.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£30 (EUR 35; USD 41) +BP*
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Caracalla AE 18mm of Prusa ad Olympum, Bithynia. AD 198-217. Struck under Septimius Severus.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟC, laureate head to right / ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ, aquila between two military standards, topped with wreaths. RPC VI Online 30464 corr. (Elagabalus). 2.83gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Exceptionally rare; only one example cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 139/40).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ, bare head to right / Eirene standing to left, holding grain ears and caduceus; L TPI-TOV (date) around. RPC IV.4 Online 13435 (temporary); Köln 1320; Dattari (Savio) 2216; K&G 35.53; Emmett 1382. 6.43gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Caracalla AE 19mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
M AV ANTONI, laureate head to right / COL HEL, Hermes standing facing, head to left, holding purse in his right hand and caduceus in his left. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84911; Lindgren I A2162A; Sawaya 383-402; SNG Copenhagen 430. 3.07gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
