| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1010 Price realized: 420 GBP (Approx. 531 USD / 489 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Marcus Aurelius Æ 23mm of Irenopolis, Cilicia. Dated CY 119 = AD 169/70. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ [ΑΝ]ΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / ΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΙ[Τ]ΩΝ, Homonoia seated to left, holding patera over thymiaterium and cornucopiae; [ΘΙ]Ρ to left RPC IV.3 Online 8324.8 (this coin, temporary); Karbach, Eirenopolis 46-7; Lindgren III 847. 8.47g, 23mm, 6h. Very Fine. Very Rare; RPC online cites only seven other specimens. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk); Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 62, 17 October 2019, lot 661. Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 660 Price realized: 35 GBP (Approx. 44 USD / 40 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Marcus Aurelius Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 = AD 175/6. [Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒΑϹ], laureate head to right / Emperor in military dress standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar, being crowned with wreath by soldier standing to left on right; [L IϚ] (date) in exergue. RPC IV.4 Online 16585 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 9222. 19.40g, 31mm, 12h. Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; likely the second known example of the type. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 783. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 624 Price realized: 85 GBP (Approx. 108 USD / 99 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 = AD 149/50. ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ЄVϹ, laureate bust to right, wearing paludamentum [and cuirass?] / Dikaiosyne seated to left, holding scales and cornucopiae; LTPICKAIΔ (date) around. RPC IV.4 Online 1190 (temporary, see also 1188); Dattari (Savio) 2518; Milne 2051; Emmett 1489.13. 23.46g, 35mm, 12h. About Good Very Fine; an attractive example for this issue. Acquired from Den of Antiquity Ltd. (dealer's ticket included). Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 653 Price realized: 36 GBP (Approx. 46 USD / 42 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Antoninus Pius Æ 20mm of Anazarbus, Cilicia. Dated year 179 = AD 160/1. ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟС СЄΒ ЄV[C], radiate head to right, Π-Π across fields / KAICAPЄΩN TΩN ΠPOC TΩ ANAZAPB, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding grain ears; below, river god Pyramos swimming to left; ЄT ΘOP (date) around. RPC IV.3 Online 3631 (temporary); SNG BnF 2029; SNG Levante 1388. 7.42g, 20mm, 6h. Very Fine. From the Roman Provincial Images Collection. Estimate: 60 GBP |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2188 Price realized: 720 CHF (Approx. 818 USD / 760 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: THRACE. Perinthus. Elagabalus, 218-222. Medallion (Bronze, 39 mm, 28.58 g, 7 h). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right. Rev. ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ Heracles standing facing, head left, holding patera with his right hand over garlanded and lighted altar and club and lion skin over his left arm; above, eagle to left, looking back. RPC VI online 978 = Schönert-Geiss, Perinthus 725 (this coin). Unique and with an impressive pedigree. Deep flan crack and minor smoothing, otherwise, very fine. From the Jay Smith Collection of coins of Elagabalus, ex InAsta 97, 29 November 2021, 328, Peus 366, 29 October 2000, 417, Münzen & Medaillen AG 13, 17-19 June 1954, 868, and from the T. Prowe Collection, Egger XLVI, 11 May 1914, 303. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1008 Price realized: 60 GBP (Approx. 76 USD / 70 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Marcus Aurelius Æ 30mm of Ancyra, Phrygia. AD 166-169. Menodoros II the Younger, archon. ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝOϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ЄΠΙ ΜΗΝOΔΩΡOV Β ΝЄ ΑΡΧ, Cybele seated to left on throne, resting elbow upon tympanum and holding patera over lion to left; ΑΝΚVΡΑΝΩΝ in two lines in exergue. RPC IV.2 Online 1725 (temporary); SNG Copenhagen 141; BMC 31; SNG von Aulock 3435. 13.58g, 30mm, 1h. Near Very Fine; some cleaning marks. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
