LOT 3400
Troas, Alexandria Troas AE 21mm. Time of Gallienus, circa AD 253-268. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
COL TROA, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right; vexillum behind / COL AVG TRO, eagle flying to right, carrying bukranion. Bellinger A490. Near Very Fine.(4.46gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3400
Troas, Alexandria Troas AE 21mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[ΑΥ Κ Μ Α]ΥΡΗΛΙ[ΟϹ ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], agalma of Mt. Argaeus on altar inscribed ΝЄΩΚΟΡO; ЄΤ Β (date) in exergue. RPC Online VI Unassigned ID 6670.5 (this coin, temporary). 10.41gr, 27mm, 11h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 801. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk); -
Macrinus AE 27mm of Lamus, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑY[ΤΟΚ]ΡΑΤΟΡΑ Μ [...] ΑΥΡ[Η Μ]ΑΚΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΛΑΜധΤ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΛΑΜധΤΙΔΟϹ], eagle standing facing on cippus or decorated altar, with wings spread, head to right, holding wreath in beak. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 71798; Levante E., The Coinage of Lamus in Cilicia in NC 1982, p. 139, 7; SNG PFPS 884; Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 27, 2223. 9.66gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE Assarion. Time of Vespasian, circa AD 70-73. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟΣ (Marcellus), proconsul for the second time, and ΤΙ- ΚΛΑΥ- ΦΙΛΕΙΝΟΣ (Ti. Klau. Phileinos), strategos for the second time. ЄΠI TI KΛAV ΦIΛЄINOV CTPA, draped bust of Roma-Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ЄΠI MAPKЄΛΛOV CAPΔIANΩN TO B, tetrastyle temple with pellet in pediment. BMC 67; RPC II 1305. 4.12gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
