LOT 3993
Valerian I AE 26mm of Kyzikos, Mysia. AD 253-260. Struck under the strategos Apollonides.
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian to right / ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ, lighted altar between two flaming torches entwined by serpents. RPC X Unassigned ID 61878 (this coin); SNG BnF 859; SNG Leypold 359. Good Very Fine.(10.53gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Nomos AG, obolos 31, 21 April 2024, lot 446.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3993
Valerian I AE 26mm of Kyzikos, Mysia.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Trajan Decius AE Assarion of Kibyra, Phrygia. Circa AD 249-251.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Α Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤωΝ, basket of Kibyra. RPC IX, 787. 1.76gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
AVT TPAIAN C-ЄB ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust to right, aegis on left shoulder / Trajan, togate, holding olive branch in right hand and eagle-tipped sceptre in left, driving slow quadriga to right; L Iϛ (date) above. RPC III 4666.2; Köln 621 var. (bust); Dattari (Savio) 757; K&G 27.493; Emmett 459.16. 16.03gr, 33mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Tripolis AE 22mm. Time of the Antonines, AD 138-192. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted bust of Athena to left, wearing aegis / ΤΡΙΠΟΛ-ΕΙΤΩ-Ν, Zeus Lydios standing to left, holding eagle and leaning on sceptre. RPC III, 2559B; SNG München 789-91; SNG von Aulock -; BMC 10. 5.58gr, 22mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
