LOT 4017
Valerian I AE 26mm of Lamus, Cilicia. Dated CY 272 (AD 253/4).
AVT K ΠO ΛI[K OVAΛEPIANOC], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΛΑΜѠΝ ΜΗΤΡ ΤΗϹ ΛΑΜѠ, Apollo standing to left, holding branch and bow. SNG Levante 482; SNG Turkey Anamur 243; Levante, Lamos 3. Very Fine. Very Rare.(10.22gr, 26mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4017
Valerian I AE 26mm of Lamus, Cilicia.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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Trajan AR Tridrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. COS III (AD 100).
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙΣ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΣЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤ Γ, laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules to right, with lion's skin tied around neck. RPC III, 3566; Wruck 148; Prieur 1483; McAlee 476. 9.34gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Uncertain Emperor AE 12mm of Mint of Asia Minor. 1st century AD.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head to right / Uncertain figure. 1.27gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Epiphaneia-Traianopolis AE 17mm. Dated year 181 (AD 113/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Ivy-wreathed and draped bust of Dionysos to right, thyrsus(?) over shoulder; ΑΡΠ (date) before / ЄΠΙΦΑΝЄѠΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΠΟ, Artemis wearing short chiton standing, facing, head to right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow. RPC III 3392; Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 444, 1. 2.45gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three more examples cited by RPC Online.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 112, 7 September 2023, lot 413. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
