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Commodus AE 21mm of Anemurium, Cilicia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 13 (AD 190/1). ΑVΤΟ Κ Μ • ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΑΝ, laureate head to right / ΑΝЄΜOVΡΙЄ-ധΝ, turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right; ЄT • ΓI (date) to left. RPC IV.3, 9559 (temporary); SNG Levante Supp. 112; SNG BnF 703. 5.45gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trebonianus Gallus AE 35mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΑΥ Κ • ΓΑ • ΙΟΥΛΙ ΤΡЄΒΩ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ-[Є]ΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛ-ΔΝΩ, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; in front of Apollo, palm branch, behind Artemis-Tyche, cornucopiae. RPC IX 1331; cf. SNG BnF 1051. 21.26gr, 35mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck on reverse.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Struck AD 59-60. NERO CLAVD • DIVI CLAVD • F • CAESAR AVG • GERMANI •, laureate head to right / Nike seated to right on globe, holding wreath. RPC I 3645; Sydenham, Caesarea 82; RIC I 617. 1.79gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Nero, with Divus Augustus, BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7) ΝЄΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣЄΒ ΓЄΡ AV, radiate bust of Nero to left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) in left field / ΘЄΟΣ ΣЄΒΑΣΤΟΣ, radiate head of Divus Augustus to right. RPC I 5294; Emmett 113. 12.66gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Egyptian Exploration Society, 1970s. -
Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 63/4). NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕTOYΣ BIP • I, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to right. McAlee 265b; Prieur 89; RPC I 4189. 15.38gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar, AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 2 (AD 69/70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head of Vespasian to right / ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, laureate head of Titus to right; star to left, barred B (date) to right. RPC II 1940; McAlee 328; Prieur 106A. 15.17gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 1 (AD 69).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥЄΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ЄΤΟΥΣ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Α (date), eagle standing to right on thunderbolt; palm branch in right field. RPC II 1936; Prieur 103; McAlee 324. 15.52gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck AD 219. AVT K M A ••• ANΤധNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO B, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head and tail to left with wreath in beak; star between legs, Δ Є across fields. Prieur 272; McAlee 763. 13.88gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macrinus AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVT K M O CЄ MAKPI[NOC C], laureate head to right / S C within laurel wreath, star at apex; Δ above, Є beneath. McAlee 723c var. (obv. legend); BMC 386 var. (same). 3.93gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ANTIOXEΩΝ ΜΗΤPΟ KΟΛΩN, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; ram leaping to right with head to left above, Δ Є over S C across fields, star below. McAlee 990. 15.19gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Trajan AE 25mm of Beroea, Cyrrhestica. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ]ΑΙС ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΡΙСΤ СΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate head to right / ΒΕΡΟΙΑΙധΝ in two lines, B below; all within wreath. RPC III, 3426; BMC 3. 12.22gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AE 23mm of Byblus, Phoenicia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ Μ Α[Υ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟ]Ν ЄΥΤ, laureate head to right / ΙЄΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ, Isis Pharia standing to right, wearing lotus and holding billowing sail. RPC IV.3, 6774 (temporary); Rouvier 686; SNG Copenhagen 139. 8.13gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.