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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Caracalla AE 21mm of Comama, Pisidia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
IMP C M AVR A[NT AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL•AVG CO[MA]M]EN], Hermes, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and purse. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 88824 (this coin); Von Aulock, Pisidien I -; SNG von Aulock -; Lindgren I -; SNG BnF -; SNG Copenhagen -; Imhoof-Blumer KM -. 4.88gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the only example recorded by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 110, 3 August 2023, lot 1003. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[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); -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 286/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; star in right field, L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75959; Dattari (Savio) 5875; Emmett 4114. 5.90gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
