LOT 3507
Trajan AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 107/8).
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ [ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ], laureate head to right / Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club with right hand, lion's skin draped over left arm; L I-A (date) across upper fields. RPC III 4264; Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 915; K&G 27.134; Emmett 679.11 (R5). Near Very Fine. Very rare.(4.66gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla AE 30mm of Amaseia, Pontos. Dated CY 209 (AD 206/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥP ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡ ϹЄΥ ΑΝΤ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗT NЄ ΠP (MH and ΠP ligate), high altar surmounted by eagle with spread wings standing to left; to left, tree; star in upper left field; ЄΤ ϹΘ (date) below. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 83890; Dalaison, Amaseia 522. 15.09gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Sharp details.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AE 25mm of Edessa, Macedon. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
AV • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC •, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CΔC-C-CCΩN, Roma seated to left on shield, holding Nike, being crowned by the Tyche of Edessa standing to left behind, holding sceptre. Varbanov 3674. 7.91gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AE 28mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211. Julius Faustinianus, consular legate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AV K Λ CЄΠTI CЄVHPOC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Y I ΦAYCTINIANO-Y MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩΝ, Homonoia standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia. Varbanov 797. 12.74gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
