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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Philip I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Prusa ad Olympum, Bithynia. AD 244-249.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟC ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC ΑΥΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip to right / ΠΡΟΥCΑΕΩΝ, Helios standing to left, holding torch. RPC VIII, 746; RG 158 corr. and 163. 7.17gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius AR Drachm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. Circa AD 17-32.
Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £375
ΤIΒΕΡΙΟΣ [ΚΑΙΣΑΡ] ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head to to right / ΘΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, Mount Argaeus surmounted by nude male statue, holding globe and sceptre. RPC I 3620; Sydenham, Caesarea 42. 3.82gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Excellent toning with hints of blue and golden iridescence around the devices.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Attica, Athens AE 12mm. Circa AD 120-175. Agora Periods VB and C. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Helmeted bust of Athena, to right / ΑΘΗ, owl standing to left. RPC IV.1, 8273 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 229(1); Svoronos, Athens 88.47-51; SNG Copenhagen 337-8. 1.61gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
