LOT 3378
Septimius Severus AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. AD 193-211.
Illegible inscription, laureate head to right / ΓΥ-[ΘЄ]-ΑΤWΝ, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding long spear with her left hand and patera with her right. Cf. Depeyrot Dura Hoard 7363; cf. Bellinger Dura Final report 2127; cf. Froehner 3049b. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.(4.02gr, 22mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Antoninus Pius AE Assarion of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 14 (AD 150/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AY ANTΩNЄINOC CЄBAC, laureate head to right / KAICAPЄΩN T ΠΡ APΓAIΩ ЄT ΔI, turreted, veiled and draped bust of the city-goddess to right. RPC IV.3 Online 6708; Henseler 236a. 4.54gr, 17mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Selinus-Traianopolis, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[AY] KAI M OΠ[...]EINOC [C?], laureate head to right / [TPAIAN]O CEΛI[NOY THC IEPAC?]; Apollo Sidetes, standing facing, wearing short chiton and mantle, holding phiale and resting on sceptre; at his feet to right, raven. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 86080; SNG BnF 684 = Levante E., The Coinage of Selinus in Cilicia in NC 1990, p. 231, 57; Leu Numismatik, Web 42, 1158. 11.96gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently the third known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AE 20mm of Akmoneia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 62.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝ and ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑ (L. Servenius Capito, Archon and his wife Iulia Severa). ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head to right; behind, kerykeion; before crescent / ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑΣ ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ, Zeus seated to left on throne, holding patera in his right hand and sceptre in left hand; at his feet to left, owl; in the field to left, ΕΠΙ and ΑΡΧ (partially ligate). RPC I, 3174; SNG Copenhagen 28. 4.22gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
