LOT 3452
Severus Alexander AE 22mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 7(?) (AD 227/8).
ΑΥ Κ ϹЄΟΥΗ ΑΛЄ[...], radiate and draped bust to right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄѠϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ЄΤ [Ζ?] in six lines. RPC VI Online 6845 (temporary); BMC 334-5; SNG von Aulock 6521. Near Very Fine.(8.06gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3452
Severus Alexander AE 22mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Hadrian AE 14mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[IMP CAES TR HADRIANVS], laureate and cuirassed bust to left / IANVS AVG C G I P, founder ploughing with two oxen to right. RPC III, 1539. 1.91gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 19mm. Time of Augustus, circa mid-late 20s BC. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing Attic helmet / Athena advancing to right, holding spear pointed upwards; before, coiled serpent to right; Α-ΘΕ in two lines behind; all within wreath. RPC I, 1309B; Chaidari and Ag. Varvara hoards 47; Kroll, Agora 151; Svoronos pl. 80, 34. 8.45gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples in RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE 15mm. Late 1st century BC(?). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena to left, wearing aegis / ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄΩΝ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond. RPC II, 1298; SNG von Aulock 3817; BMC 81. 2.36gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
