LOT 3399
Troas, Alexandria Troas AE 'As'. Time of Trebonianus Gallus to Valerian I, AD 251-260. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
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. Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; apparently the second known example.(4.13gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3399
Troas, Alexandria Troas AE 'As'.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE 20mm of Temenothyrae, Phrygia. AD 150-161.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΣΚΟΠΕΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Skopelianos Zeuxidos), archon. M AV OVHPOC KAICAP, bare head to right / CKOΠЄΛI THMЄNOΘHPЄVCI, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, holding patera and sceptre. RPC -; BMC -; Inventaire Waddington -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; Winterthur -; Mionnet -. 5.90gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 21mm of Phialia, Arcadia. Struck circa AD 198-209.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] AYP A[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [ΦI]-A ΛЄWN, Athena standing to left, holding with right hand patera and spear in left. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 1656.1; cf. BCD Peloponnesos II 2917; NCP p. 107; Dura -; BMC -. 4.14gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian AE 14mm of Canatha, Decapolis. Dated CY 157 (AD 94/5).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΔOMITI KAICAP, laureate head to left / KANATA, turreted bust of Tyche to left; ZNP (date) to left. RPC II, 2092; Sofaer 2; Spijkerman 4; Rosenberger 3. 2.87gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
