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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Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 28mm of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 14 of Agrippa's second era (73/4 CE).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹEΒΑCΤΩ, laureate head to right / ΕΤ ΔΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche-Demeter standing facing, head to left, holding grain ear in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RPC II 2243; Hendin 6331; Meshorer, AJC, 7; Sofaer 184. 17gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Caracalla, with Julia Domna AE 25mm of Hierapolis-Castabala, Cilicia. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωN[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: Nike to left within oval incuse / ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹΕΒ, Julia Domna standing to left, placing incense on altar. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84046; for c/m: Howgego 260. 9.96gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE 15mm. Time of Tiberius, AD 14-37. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΠΥΘΗΣ (Pythes II), magistrate. ΛAOΔIKEΩN, Aphrodite standing to left, holding dove; monogram of ΠΥΘ to lower left / Wolf seated to left, cradling labrys; all within wreath. RPC I, 2904; BMC 57-8. 2.66gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
