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 Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf.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 Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.(3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.).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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Nero AE 23mm of Tripolis, Phoenicia. Dated CY 379 (AD 67/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head of Nero to right; lituus before; c/m: IMP(erator) • G•AL(ba) (IMP and AL ligate) within rectangular incuse / ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤ-ധ[Ν L ΘΟΤ (date)] anticlockwise, jugate heads of the Dioscuri to right. RPC I, 4520; SNG Copenhagen 277; for c/m: Howgego 592. 7.74gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Maesa AE 28mm of Caesarea Panias(?), Judaea. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IOVΛIA MЄCA [...], draped bust to right / Front view of temple with two columns, within which Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder, placing foot on galley prow. Cf. RPC VI Online 9204. 15.81gr, 28mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Edessa, Macedon. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑV] K M AY CЄY AΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ЄΔЄCCAIΩΝ, Roma, holding Nike, seated to left on cuirass, being crowned by Tyche of Edessa, holding sceptre, standing behind; goat standing right behind Tyche. RPC VI Online 134. 8.89gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
