Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Sale 83 6 May 2021
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Lot of 9 Greek and Roman Provincial Æ Coins. Including:
1) Pontos, Amisos Æ 20mm. Time of Mithradates VI, circa 105-85 BC. Aegis with Gorgoneion / [ΑΜΙ]-ΣΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm branch, monogram to right. SNG BM Black Sea 1185; BMC 72; HGC 7, 242 var. (no monogram to left). 6.41g, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Baldwin's, Spring Argentum Auction, 5 February 2011, lot 38 (part of).
2) Sicily, Syracuse Æ Dilitron. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 339/8-334 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to left, [ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ] around / Free horse prancing to left, [ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ] around. Castrizio Series II, 1; CNS 80; SNG ANS 533-41; Rizzo pl. LVIII 3-6; HGC 2, 1439; SNG Lloyd 1456-1457. 17.60g, 26mm, 1h.
Good Fine; legend worn off.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Bonhams, Coins, Medals & Banknotes, 16 October 2007, lot 142 (part of);
3) Thessaly, Peuma Æ 13mm. Circa 302-286 BC. Wreathed head of Achilles to right / [ΠEYMATIΩN] around AX monogram. Rogers 443; BCD Thessaly II 564.1; HGC 4, 25. 1.87g, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 5, 1 February 2014, lot 269.
4) Troas, Alexandria Æ 19mm. Circa 164-135 BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing / Kithara; monogram below, AΛEΞAN across fields; all within wreath. Bellinger A141; SNG von Aulock 1461; SNG Copenhagen 89. 5.87g, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Baldwin's, Spring Argentum Auction, 5 February 2011, lot 38 (part of).
5) Augustus Æ 21mm of uncertain mint, Asia Minor. Contemporary imitation(?), circa 25 BC. CAESAR, bare head to right / AVGVSTV[S] within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC I 2235; cf. RIC I 486. 8.42g, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex E. Szauer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, 28th September 2010, lot 1030 (part of).
The crude style of the lettering and the retrograde letters in the reverse inscription suggest this example may be a contemporary imitation.
6) Caracalla Æ 27mm of Nicopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-201. C. Ovinius Tertullus, consular legate. AYK M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VΠΛ OOY TЄPTVΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛIT ΠPOC I, eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, wings spread, head facing right and holding wreath in beak. H&J 8.18.1.17; AMNG 1534; Varbanov 3099. 12.07g, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Bonhams, 18 December 2007, lot 510 (part of).
Lot sold as seen - no returns.
1) Pontos, Amisos Æ 20mm. Time of Mithradates VI, circa 105-85 BC. Aegis with Gorgoneion / [ΑΜΙ]-ΣΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm branch, monogram to right. SNG BM Black Sea 1185; BMC 72; HGC 7, 242 var. (no monogram to left). 6.41g, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Baldwin's, Spring Argentum Auction, 5 February 2011, lot 38 (part of).
2) Sicily, Syracuse Æ Dilitron. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 339/8-334 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to left, [ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ] around / Free horse prancing to left, [ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ] around. Castrizio Series II, 1; CNS 80; SNG ANS 533-41; Rizzo pl. LVIII 3-6; HGC 2, 1439; SNG Lloyd 1456-1457. 17.60g, 26mm, 1h.
Good Fine; legend worn off.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Bonhams, Coins, Medals & Banknotes, 16 October 2007, lot 142 (part of);
3) Thessaly, Peuma Æ 13mm. Circa 302-286 BC. Wreathed head of Achilles to right / [ΠEYMATIΩN] around AX monogram. Rogers 443; BCD Thessaly II 564.1; HGC 4, 25. 1.87g, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 5, 1 February 2014, lot 269.
4) Troas, Alexandria Æ 19mm. Circa 164-135 BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing / Kithara; monogram below, AΛEΞAN across fields; all within wreath. Bellinger A141; SNG von Aulock 1461; SNG Copenhagen 89. 5.87g, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Baldwin's, Spring Argentum Auction, 5 February 2011, lot 38 (part of).
5) Augustus Æ 21mm of uncertain mint, Asia Minor. Contemporary imitation(?), circa 25 BC. CAESAR, bare head to right / AVGVSTV[S] within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC I 2235; cf. RIC I 486. 8.42g, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex E. Szauer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, 28th September 2010, lot 1030 (part of).
The crude style of the lettering and the retrograde letters in the reverse inscription suggest this example may be a contemporary imitation.
6) Caracalla Æ 27mm of Nicopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-201. C. Ovinius Tertullus, consular legate. AYK M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VΠΛ OOY TЄPTVΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛIT ΠPOC I, eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, wings spread, head facing right and holding wreath in beak. H&J 8.18.1.17; AMNG 1534; Varbanov 3099. 12.07g, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Bonhams, 18 December 2007, lot 510 (part of).
Lot sold as seen - no returns.