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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Gordian III AE 31mm of Viminacium, Moesia. Dated Year 3 (AD 241/2).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing to left between bull standing to right and lion standing to left; AN III I(date) n exergue. RPC VII.2 20; SNG Copenhagen 142; BMC 9. 17.92gr, 31mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 828. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Philip I AE 25mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 244/5.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP IVI IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ANTIOSHI COL (sic), vexillum with eagle between two standards surmounted by eagles; S R in exergue. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3360 var. (obv. legend); SNG Copenhagen 76 var. (same). 8.56gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Die engraver's error. Extremely rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 836. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Troas, Alexandria Troas AE 'As'. Time of Trebonianus Gallus to Valerian I, AD 251-260. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CO ALEX TRO, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right, with vexillum inscribed CO AV in two lines behind / COL AVG TROADE, Herakles standing facing, head to right, resting his right hand on hip and leaning left on club set on rock; to left, bow and quiver. RPC IX 533 = SNG von Aulock 1464 = Bellinger A484. 4.13gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; apparently the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
