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 Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf.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 Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.(3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.).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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Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[L Є] KA[IC]-AP[OC], palm branch / NЄPധN•C in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.96gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE 25mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 241).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / M-Η TPOΠ KA[I] CAΡIAC ЄNTIX B N Є ЄT Δ, view of Mount Argaeus; all within wreath. RPC VII.2, 3335; Ganschow 888e; Bland 1996, 148. 9.86gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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.
