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Struck AD 241-244. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, temple with four columns enclosing bust of Astarte wearing turreted crown and flanked on each side by cornucopiae and aquilae; on roof, Neptune abducting Beroe flanked by two Victories holding wreath; pellet in pediment; in exergue, lion advancing to right. RPC VII.2, 3558; BMC 236-9; SNG Copenhagen 122. 12.53gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Struck AD 253-260. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL IVL AVG FEL BER (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus), Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding long cruciform sceptre and aphlaston, crowned by Nike standing left on column. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 62829; Rouvier 612-4. 17.36gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
AVT KAI MAKPINOC CЄB, laureate head to right / IЄPAC BVBΛOV, Isis Pharia standing to right on raft, holding inflated sail. BMC 39; SNG Copenhagen 143; Lindgren I, 2283. 6.32gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Ptolemaios, tetrarch. Dated SE 240 (73/2 BC). Laureate head of Zeus to right / The Dioskouroi standing facing, heads turned inward, each holding spear; LMΣ (date) to right. Herman 1; HGC 9, 1439; DCA2 746. 6,72gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Dated CY 130(?) (AD 66/7). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Doros to right / ΔധΡΕ[ΙΤധΝ], Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding signa and cornucopia; [?]ΛP (date) to left. Cf. RPC I 4758; cf. Meshorer, Dora 20. 9.10gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Struck circa 10 BC-AD 18. Europa on bull to left; ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ and [date] below / Altar before tetrastyle temple with tall podium. Cf. RPC I 4568-71. 6.41gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IVLIA S[...]; draped bust to right / COL AVR PIA [METRO] SID, carriage of Astarte on two wheels with four columns supporting roof; above, two palms to left and right; baetyl within. Cf. RPC VI, 8514-6 (temporary). 10.79gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Extremely Rare
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
M AVR ALEXANDRVS CAES, bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL AVR PIA MET[RO SID] (Colonia Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon), three standards with aquilae. RPC VI 8532 (temporary). 10.17gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited in RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited in RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Turreted head of Tyche to right / Palm tree. Cf. Hamburger 17. 1.65gr, 14mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 26 of the first era of Agrippa II (74/5 CE). AYTOKP TITOC KAICAP CEBAC, laureate head to right / ETO Kς (date) BA AΓΡΙ-ΠΠA, Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath; crescent above. RPC II, 2277; Meshorer 160c; Hendin 6314b; Sofaer 229. 13.29gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated RY 18(?) of the second era of Agrippa II (77/8CE). [ΔOMITIANOC] KAICAP, laureate head to right / Nike-Victory standing to right, foot on helmet, inscribing shield resting upon knee. Cf. RPC II 2256; cf. Meshorer 144; cf. Hendin 1309. 5.27gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 24(?) of Agrippa II (83/4 CE). ΔΟΜΙΤΙ[ΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], laureate head to right / [...] ΒΑϹΙ [...], Nike standing to right, left foot on helmet, writing on shield resting on knee. Cf. RPC II 2278. 9.19gr, 24mm, 12h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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