Struck AD 242. ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to left, head to right. RPC VII.2 3513; Prieur 295; McAlee 872. 13.92gr, 25mm, 11h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Struck AD 242. AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β; eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to right, head to left. RPC VII.2 3520; Prieur 302; McAlee 874. 11.94gr, 28mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Struck AD 247. AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCIAC YΠΑ ΤΟ Γ, eagle with spread wings standing to left, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII online ID 29006; McAlee 923; Prieur 373. 12.82gr, 27mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Dated RY 4 (AD 248). ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄΒ, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, seen from front / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, eagle standing to right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 29019; McAlee 953c; Prieur 432. 12.82gr, 28mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Struck AD 245. ΜΑΡ ΙΟVΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC ΚЄCΑΡ, bareheaded and draped bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟVCΙΑC VΠΑ ΤΟ Α, eagle standing to right on palm frond, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 29405; McAlee 1014; Prieur 346. 11.63gr, 25mm, 1h.

Extremely Fine. Minor deposits.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Struck 248-249. ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄΒ, radiate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, eagle standing to right with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 29174; McAlee 1061 var. (eagle standing to left); Prieur 453. 12.50gr, 26mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Struck AD 249. AYTOK K ΓAI MЄ KYIN ΔЄKKIOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing to left on palm branch, spread wings, holding wreath in beak; S C below. Prieur 500; McAlee 1106. 10.35gr, 27mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Tyche seated facing, with river-god Orontes at feet, within portable tetrastyle shrine; above, ram leaping to right, head to left; Δ Є across upper fields, S C below. RPC IX 1851; McAlee 1181. 17.77gr, 31mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙ[ΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ], laureate head to right / [ΚΛΑΥΔ]ΙΕധΝ ΛΕΥΚ[ΑΔΙധΝ], veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right, wearing mural crown. RPC II 2038; SNG München -. 4.49gr, 18mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.

ΖΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ, ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Zenodoros, tetrarch and archiereus). Dated SE [2]86 (27/6 BC). ΖΗ[ΝΟΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧ]ΗΡΕΩΣ, bare head of Zenodoros to left / L [ΖΠ (date)] ΝΕ ΚΑΙ, bare head of Augustus to right; uncertain countermark. RPC I 4775; BMC 7; SNG Copenhagen 417. 6.61gr, 21mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.

Dated CY 565 (AD 253/4). ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [ЄΜΙϹΩΝ] ΚΟΛΩΝ, temple with six columns enclosing Baetyl of El-Gabal, ornamented with facing eagle, between two umbrellas; crescent on pediment; staircase leading to the stone. ЄΞΦ (date) in exergue. RPC IX 1926; Baldus 36; R. Delbrueck, "Uranius of Emesa," NC (1948), Series I, 2; SNG Hunterian 3174; BMC 24. 20.25gr, 30mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

One of the most famous sacred stones was the Baetyl of Emesa, in Syria. This was a large, black conical stone sacred to the god Ilāh ha-Gabal (“God of the Mountain”), known to the Romans as El-Gabal or Elagabalus.

Struck AD 202. ANTONI[NO AVGVSTO], laureate head to right / COL HEL, turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to left; palm frond and cornucopia behind. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84908; BMC 12; SNG Copenhagen 431. 7.67gr, 21mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.