LOT 3413
Trajan Decius AE 32mm of Tarsus, Cilicia. AD 249-251.
AY • KAI Γ MЄC • KYIN • ΔЄKI[OC TPAIA]NOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear; Π Π (ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ) across fields / TAPCOV MHTPO[ΠOΛЄΩC], Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club in right hand and lion's skin in his left; Α Μ [Κ] Γ Β (ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙ or ΓΝΩΜΗ ΒΟΥΛΗΣ) in fields. RPC IX 1356; SNG BnF 1756; SNG Levante 1157; SNG Copenhagen 399. Near Very Fine. Die break on reverse.(20.26gr, 32mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Herod I Prutot and Other Mixed Greek Issue Group. 75-4 BC and other.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Group comprising: mixed issues and types; some modern cast copies. 59.18gr total, 15-24mm
Fine - Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE 23mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
IMP C M OPE SEVE MACRINVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. Unpublished in the standard references, including BMC, SNG BnF, SNG von Aulock and Copenhagen. 5.95gr, 23mm, 2h
Very Fine. Black patina. Unpublished with this obverse legend.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Elagabalus 22mm of Esbus, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVT C M AVP ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing to left within tetrastyle temple, with arcuated lintel, holding sceptre with left hand and small bust with right, right foot on bull's head (or prow); A-V above wings, [ЄC]BOVC in exergue. RPC VI, 9345.13 (temporary) (this coin); Rosenberger 3 (Tyche holds phiale and her foot on river-god); Sofaer 4-5. 9.93gr, 22mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Rare. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E-auction 531, 25 January 2023, lot 659.
