LOT 4020
Trajan Decius AE 28mm of Selinus-Traianopolis, Cilicia. AD 249-251.
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΛΙ ΤΗϹ ΙЄΡΑϹ, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus. Cf. RPC IX 1304; Levante E., The Coinage of Selinus in Cilicia in NC 1990 -. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(8.36gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4020
Trajan Decius AE 28mm of Selinus-Traianopolis, Cilicia.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£40 (EUR 46; USD 54) +BP*
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Britannicus AE Hemiassarion of Aegae, Aeolis. Ciirca AD 43-48. Apollodorus, also called Chaleas, in office for the second time and son of the city.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
BP[ЄTANNIKOC KA]ICAP, bare head of Britannicus to right / [ЄΠI XAΛЄOY] AIΓAЄωN, Zeus standing facing, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and sceptre with his left. RPC I 2431. 4.01gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 139/40).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ, bare head to right / Eirene standing to left, holding grain ears and caduceus; L TPI-TOV (date) around. RPC IV.4 Online 13435 (temporary); Köln 1320; Dattari (Savio) 2216; K&G 35.53; Emmett 1382. 6.43gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Titus, with Agrippa II AE 26mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Dated RY 19 of the second era of Agrippa II (78/9 CE).
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
[ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΤΙΤΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕ]ΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / [ΕΤΟΥ] ΙΘ(date) ΒΑ [ΑΓΡΙ]-ΠΠΑ, Tyche-Demeter standing to left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. RPC II, 2257; Meshorer 145; Hendin 1310; Sofaer 198. 15.34gr, 26mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
