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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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Gaius (Caligula) AE Hemiassarion of Smyrna, Ionia. Struck circa AD 37/8. Gaius Calpurnius Aviola, proconsul; Menophanes, magistrate.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ЄΠΙ ΑΟΥΙΟΛΑ, laureate head to right / ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΗϹ, Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. RPC I 2473; BMC 277. 3.36gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AE 28mm of Medaba, Arabia. Dated CY 105 (AD 210/11).
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
AVT KAIC CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / H-Λ-I-ω, Helios, raising hand and holding torch, driving facing quadriga; PЄ (date) in lower field, [MHΔAΒΗΝ?]ω in exergue. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68330. 17.08gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Trajan Decius AE Assarion of Kibyra, Phrygia. Circa AD 249-251.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Α Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤωΝ, basket of Kibyra. RPC IX, 787. 1.76gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
