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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Augustus AE 24mm of Uncertain Mint. 27 BC-AD 14.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ ΘΕΟΝ, bare head to right / ΘΕΟΝ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ, capricorn to right; above, bunch of grapes; below, globe(?). RPC I, 5423. 8.21gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla, with Julia Domna AE 25mm of Hierapolis-Castabala, Cilicia. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωN[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: Nike to left within oval incuse / ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹΕΒ, Julia Domna standing to left, placing incense on altar. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84046; for c/m: Howgego 260. 9.96gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Salonica, Augusta AE 25mm of Ancyra, Galatia. AD 254-268.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
ΚΟΡΝΗ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ, draped bust to right, set on crescent / ΜΗΤΡΟ Β Ν ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ, table with prize crown from which two branches emerge flanked by two purses. RPC X Unassigned ID 81936. 10.11gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
