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)
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Severus Alexander AE 22mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 7(?) (AD 227/8).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΥ Κ ϹЄΟΥΗ ΑΛЄ[...], radiate and draped bust to right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄѠϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ЄΤ [Ζ?] in six lines. RPC VI Online 6845 (temporary); BMC 334-5; SNG von Aulock 6521. 8.06gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Trajan AE 20mm of Miletopolis, Mysia. AD 98-117.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄ[Β ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ], laureate head to right / [ΜЄΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛЄΙ]ΤΩΝ, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena to right. RPC III, 1640. 5.44gr, 20mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 35mm of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Mysia. Circa AD 169-175.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
[ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ] ΑVΡΗ [ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝOϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ] •Π• ΡVΝΔ, tetrastyle temple enclosing statue of Apollo, nude, standing to right, holding arrow and resting left arm on column. RPC IV.2 Online 437 (temporary); SNG BnF 98. 30.45gr, 35mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online, no others on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
