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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Hadrian AE Hemiassarion of Half Assarion of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΣΕΚΟΥΝΔΟΣ (Secundus), magistrate. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[ΟϹ ϹЄΒACT], laureate head to right / [ЄΠΙ ϹЄΚΟΥΝ]ΔΟΥ, Mount Argaios surmounted by wreath; ЄΤ ΙΑ below. Cf. RPC III Online 3148; cf. Sydenham, Caesarea, 239. 3.24gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE 16mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Μ ΟΠ[...]ΔΟΥ K, bareheaded and draped to bust to right, seen from rear / ΜΗΤΡΟ[...], temple with two columns enclosing agalma of Mount Argaeus, ЄT B (date) below. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 66823. 5.04gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[ΑΥ Κ Μ Α]ΥΡΗΛΙ[ΟϹ ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], agalma of Mt. Argaeus on altar inscribed ΝЄΩΚΟΡO; ЄΤ Β (date) in exergue. RPC Online VI Unassigned ID 6670.5 (this coin, temporary). 10.41gr, 27mm, 11h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 801. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
