LOT 3438
Trajan AE 16mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 6(?) (AD 103/4).
ΟΥΜΒΡΟΣ (Quintus Orfitasius Aufidius Umber), presbeutes and antistrategos. Illegible inscription, laureate head to right / [...]ΜΒΡΟΥ ΕΤ Ϛ(?), agalma of Mount Argaeus. Cf. RPC III, 3137. Near Very Fine.(3.13gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Faustina II AE 24mm of Apamea, Bithynia. AD 147-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
FΛUCTINΛC ΛUG, draped bust to right / NEPTUN[I C I] C Λ ∂ ∂ (Colonia Iulia Concordia Apamea decurionum decreto), nude Neptune (Poseidon) standing facing, head to left, holding dolphin and trident. RPC IV.1, 4729 (temporary); RG 55. 6.62gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by RPC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC TPAI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СЄΒΑСΤ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Club downward; ЄT Δ (date) across fields. RPC III, 3072; Sydenham, Caesarea 257. 1.48gr, 14mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE 15mm of Alexandria, Troas. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP [...], laureate head to ight / APOLLO-N SMIN[Θ?], nude Apollo Smintheus advancing to left, holding patera and laurel-branch(?). RPC IV.2 Online 142 (temporary); Bellinger A 181. 1.63gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
