LOT 3483
Vespasian AR(?) Drachm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. AD 69-79.
Laureate head to right / NIKH CEBA[...], Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm frond over shoulder. Cf. RPC I 1637; cf. Sydenham, Caesarea 91. Near Very Fine.(3.49gr, 16mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE 16mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 6(?) (AD 103/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΟΥΜΒΡΟΣ (Quintus Orfitasius Aufidius Umber), presbeutes and antistrategos. Illegible inscription, laureate head to right / [...]ΜΒΡΟΥ ΕΤ Ϛ(?), agalma of Mount Argaeus. Cf. RPC III, 3137. 3.13gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 19mm. Time of Augustus, circa mid-late 20s BC. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing Attic helmet / Athena advancing to right, holding spear pointed upwards; before, coiled serpent to right; Α-ΘΕ in two lines behind; all within wreath. RPC I, 1309B; Chaidari and Ag. Varvara hoards 47; Kroll, Agora 151; Svoronos pl. 80, 34. 8.45gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples in RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE 28mm of Mylasa, Caria. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
[ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ]ΟΡΑ [ΤΡΑ]ΙΑΝΟΝ ΑΔ[ΡΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΝ], laureate head to right, with drapery on left shoulder / ΜΥΛΑ-ϹΕΩΝ and central pellet within wreath of ears of corn and poppyheads; on the top, eagle to right looking to left. RPC III, 2198.4 (this coin); Akarca 55 corr. 11.58gr, 28mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
