LOT 4048
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 28mm of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 14 of Agrippa's second era (73/4 CE).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹEΒΑCΤΩ, laureate head to right / ΕΤ ΔΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche-Demeter standing facing, head to left, holding grain ear in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RPC II 2243; Hendin 6331; Meshorer, AJC, 7; Sofaer 184. Near Very Fine.(17gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 4048
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 28mm of Tiberias, Judaea.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Valerian II, as Caesar AE 20mm of Teos, Ionia. Struck under Valerian I and Gallienus, AD 256-258.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
• ΠΟ • ΛΙΚ • ΟΥΑΛЄΡΙΑΝΟϹ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΤΗΙΩΝ Є-ΙΩΝΩΝ(sic), the poet Anacreon seated to right, playing lyre held on knee. RPC X Unassigned ID 61397; SNG Copenhagen 1536. 3.55gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 598, 29 October 2025, lot 313. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. Accompanied by a CNG coin ticket.
Anacreon was born in Teos about 582 BC and gained fame as a lyric poet. He left the city when it was threatened by the Persians circa 545 and subsequently helped to found Abdera in Thrace. He was later the court poet for the tyrant Polykrates of Samos. Upon his death, a statue was erected in the Acropolis in Athens (from CNG footnote). -
Mysia, Kyzikos AE 18mm. Circa 2nd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Bust of Kore to right / KYZIK-HNΩN, vase with two handles. Cf. Von Fritze, Gruppe VI, 29b / pl.VI, 23. 3.29gr, 18mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AE 18mm. Time of Commodus, AD 186-192. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Kore to right / KYZIKH-NΩΝ, lion walking to right. RPC IV.2 Online 9693 (temporary). 3.07gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
