Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 316

Price realized: 110 USD   (Approx. 102 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LYDIA, Philadelphia. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (29mm, 13.54 g, 5h). Eugenetor, magistrate. Struck circa AD 169-176. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Statue of Helios advancing right, wearing clamys, carrying transverse scepter and torch; within distyle shrine with domed roof. Hochard 1486a (O92/R201); Kurth 278-9; RPC IV.3 Online 1373. Brown patina with earthen highlights, light roughness. Good Fine. Rare.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 339

Price realized: 90 USD   (Approx. 83 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


DECAPOLIS, Abila. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (28mm, 16.68 g, 1h). Dated CY 226 (AD 162/3). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / Statue of Tyche standing right, holding long scepter and uncertain object, crowned by Nike on right and rests foot on river-god Heiromax, two small figures on columns on either side; all within distyle shrine with domed roof; ЄKC (date) in exergue. Spijkerman 1; RPC IV.3 Online 6504; Rosenberger 1; Sofaer 142. Earthen red-brown surfaces, roughness. Fine.

Ex William Rosenblum 43A (14 February 2013), lot 37.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552Auction date: 13 December 2023
Lot number: 228

Price realized: 750 USD   (Approx. 695 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LYDIA, Thyateira. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (40mm, 30.03 g, 5h). Aurelius Glycon, son of Lucius stategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, with balteus and aegis / River-god Lykos reclining left on rocks, holding water urn, hump-backed bull standing right; behind, tree. Hochard 2504 (D112-R218); Kurth 307; SNG von Aulock 8278. Yellow-brown surfaces, porosity. Near VF. Extremely rare.

From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased 29 August 1999.


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 289

Price realized: 120 USD   (Approx. 111 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


THRACE, Deultum. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrassarion (22mm, 6.57 g, 7h). Struck circa AD 241-2. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Statue of Aphrodite standing facing, covering herself with her hands; at feet, hydria; within tetrastyle temple seen in perspective, pellet in pediment. Draganov 1383-9 (O108/R617); Jurukova, Deultum 261; RPC VII.2 980; Varbanov 2817. Green-brown patina, light porosity, some weakness. VF.

From the Deultum Collection.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557Auction date: 6 March 2024
Lot number: 242

Price realized: 120 USD   (Approx. 110 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ARCADIA, Caphya. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (21mm, 4.57 g, 3h). Struck circa AD 198-209. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Artemis advancing left, veil billowing behind, holding torch and bow. BCD Peloponnesos 1392.6; NCP T, XVI; BMC –. Red-brown patina, light deposits, minor tooling and smoothing. Near VF. Very rare.


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 299

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


MESSENIA, Mothone. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (21mm, 4.27 g, 2h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Two figures standing facing each other. BCD Peloponnesos 813.2; NCP p. 69; BMC –. Earthen brown patina, roughness, deposits. Fine. Extremely rare.

BCD describes the reverse as "Asklepios and Hygieia standing facing in distyle temple" but subsequent specimens have raised doubt on that description. None of the expected attributes for those deities have been confirmed nor is there evidence of a temple on the other examples. Unfortunately, a high grade specimen has not been found to accurately identify the reverse scene with any certainty.

Estimate: 100 USD