LOT 3320
Trajan AE Assarion of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. ΕΓΔΙΚΟΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟΣ (Egdikos, son of Fronton), magistrate.
[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.(3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Claudius AE 18mm of Amorium, Phrygia. AD 41-54. ΚΑΤΩΝ and ΠΕΔΩΝ, (Lucius Iulius Cato and Pedo), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΤΙ [ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, laureate head to right / [ΕΠΙ ΠΕΔΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ] ΚΑΤΩΝΟϹ [ΑΜΟΡΙ]ΑΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre with left. RPC I, 3239; Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 198, 9. . 3.93gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Tripolis AE 23mm. Time of Elagabalus to Severus Alexander, AD 218-235. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right / ΤΡΙΠΟ-ΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Artemis advancing to right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder. RPC X Online 5565; GRPC Lydia 76. 4.55gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. Dated RY 41 of Augustus (10/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Palm tree with dates; L MA (date) across field / KAICA-POC, ear of gain curved to the right. RPC I, 4957; Meshorer 315; Hendin 6360. 1.64gr, 16mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Earthen green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
