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LOT 3917
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 19mm. Dated year 44 of the Caesarean Era (AD 13/4). Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, legatus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Contemporary imitation.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΕΠΙ ΣΙΛΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΔΜ (date), ram leaping to right, head to left; star above. For prototype cf. RPC I, 4269. Very Fine.(4.56gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3917
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 19mm.
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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Cilicia, Tarsos AE 18mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
TAP-COY, veiled, and draped bust to left; above, star / MHTPOΠOΛΕW, Sandan standing right on the back on horned lion, quiver on shoulder, raising right hand, wreath in left. RPC III 3310; SNG BN 1432; SNG Levante 1010. 2.87gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Faustina II AE 20mm of Hadrianeia, Mysia. Circa AD 166-169.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΦΑΥΤΙΝΑ(sic) ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust to right / ΑΔΡΙ-ΑΝΕΩΝ, Tyche standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC IV.2 Online 490 (temporary); SNG Copenhagen 169. 4.22gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 28mm of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 14 of Agrippa's second era (73/4 CE).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹEΒΑCΤΩ, laureate head to right / ΕΤ ΔΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche-Demeter standing facing, head to left, holding grain ear in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RPC II 2243; Hendin 6331; Meshorer, AJC, 7; Sofaer 184. 17gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
