LOT 4004
Trajan AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 98-117.
ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ [ΚΑΙ ϹΕ Γ]ΕΡ ΔΑ, laureate head to right / ΜΙΔΑ-[ΕΩΝ], Cybele seated to left, holding patera in her right hand, resting on tympanum with her left arm; lion to left and right. Cf. RPC III, 2644; Von Aulock, Phrygiens II -. Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited by RPC and none on CoinArchives.(21.46gr, 32mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4004
Trajan AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Midaeum, Phrygia.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Bull butting to left; fish above / M-A Δ Y, dog seated to right; ear of grain behind. BMC Thrace 1 (possible magistrate's name in the exergue on reverse); Borrell 1 in Numismatic Chronicle 1840. 8.03gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater. Circa 430-420 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing to left; Π beneath horse's belly / Goat kneeling to left, head right; KEΛE and branch with ivy leaf and berries above. Casabonne Type 2; Celenderis 8; SNG BnF 52; SNG Levante -; SNG von Aulock 5620. 10.76gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine, Test cut. Attractive old cabinet tone.
From the Michael Higley Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 76, 5 November 2020, lot 377. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AE 14mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Kore to right / K-Y Z-I, tripod, monogram to left. Von Fritze, Gruppe III, 22. 1.96gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
