LOT 3462
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Chalkous. Circa late 2nd-early 3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / Lyre. Cf. Butcher p. 404 and pl. 19, 2; cf. McAlee 168. Near Very Fine.(0.75gr, 9mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Antoninus Pius AE 21mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 22 (AD 158/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[...] ΑΝΤധ[...]. laureate head to righ / [...]ΡЄധΝ Τ Π [...] around, ЄΤ ΚΒ (date) across fields, Apollo standing facing, head to left, foot on omphalos, holding bow and arrow. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6709. 6.00gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AVT KAI M A ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ (or similar), laureate head to right / S•C; Δ Є above, eagle below; all within wreath. Cf. RPC VI Online 8045 (temporary). 5.29gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 879. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Hadrian AE 18mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ-ΩΝ, Zeus standing facing, head to left, holding Nike on his extended right hand, left resting on sceptre; at his feet, eagle standing on altar. RPC III, 2328; SNG Copenhagen 574. 4.53gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three examples cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
