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Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 1st-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right / Caduceus between two cornucopiae. De Saulcy -; BMC -; Krzyźanowska, Monnayage de Palmyre -; Lindgren I-; for a similar example cf. Roma, e-118, 791. 1.01gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 26mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / СE ΑΒΙΛΗΝΩΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ СΥ, nude Heracles seated to left on rock, resting right arm on club, and left arm on rock; ЄΚC (date) in exergue. RPC IV.3 Online 8369 (temporary); Spijkerman -. 13.41gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 31mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 282 (AD 218/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛΗ-ΝWΝ Κ Ϲ ΙЄ Α[ϹΥ], lighted altar within hexastyle temple with arched central bay set on steps; pediment surmounted by Nike; on either side, crenellated multistory towers, each with arched entryway; BΠ-C (date) above. RPC VI 9242 (temporary); Spijkerman 25; Rosenberger 21; Sofaer -. 16.59gr, 31mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light green and brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 25mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 248 (AD 184/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤധ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧ ΠΡ ΙΠΠ ΙЄΡ ΑϹΥΛ, Tyche standing to left, holding cornucopia and bridle of horse standing to left behind; ΗΜϹ (date) in exergue. RPC IV.3 Online 6583 (temporary); Sofaer 24; Spijkerman 25. 9.05gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 20mm of Capitolias, Decapolis. Dated CY 93 (AD 189/190).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A Κ Μ Α ΚΟΜΟΔ, bare head to right / ΚΑΠΙΤധΛ ΙЄ ΓϞ (date), Dionysus, nude, standing facing, head to left, crossing legs, holding kantharos with right hand and long thyrsus with left. RPC IV.3 6561 var. (laureate head); Spijkerman 12 var. (same); Rosenberger 12 var. (same); Sofaer 10 corr. (laureate). 5.81gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Pierced. Extremely rare issue. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Heritage World Coin Auctions, Sale 3018, 20378; wrongly attributed).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 32mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 281 (AD 218).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
[ΑΥΤ] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ[ΟϹ], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡΕWΝ A[Π]C (date), galley to left with rowers; at stern, navigator; at prow, figure standing and holding standard. RPC VI Online 9255; Spijkerman 85; Rosenberger 79; Sofaer 91. 16.87gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lucius Verus AE 30mm of Gesasa, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛΟΥΚΙ ΟΥΗ, laureate, [draped and cuirassed?] bust to left / ΑΡΤΕΜΙϹ ΤΥΧΗ [...], Artemis-Tyche advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, dog running to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 6597 (temporary); cf. Sofaer 17; cf. Spijkerman 15. 18.20gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. Struck AD 112.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[ΑVΤΟΚΡ Κ]ΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / [ΔΗΜΑΡΧ] ЄΞ ΙϚ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, Arabia standing to left, holding branch in right hand and bundle of cinnamon sticks in left; behind, [camel standing to left]. Cf. RPC III 4073 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Caesarea 15; Sydenham, Caesarea 184. 3.66gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. Struck AD 114-116.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΑVΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ΑΡΙϹΤΩ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ, camel standing to left. Cf. RPC III 4078 (Arabian mint); Ganschow, Münzen X19b; Metcalf, Tell Kalak -; Sydenham, Caesarea 204. 2.86gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[IMP] CAES M AVΡ SEV ALEXANDER, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [SEP] TVRO METROP COL [PEMIC?], three-quarter view of temple with four columns to right, with stairway; globe in pediment; below, murex shell; Δ above. Cf. RPC VI Online 8698 (temporary); cf. Rouvier 2384 (as Elagabalus). 7.01gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Rough surfaces.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mesopotamia, Carrhae AE 10mm. Time of the Antonines, circa AD 138-192. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Crab; [ΚΑΡΡΗΝѠΝ] below / Crescent on filleted globe surmounted by star; ΚΑΡΡ[ΗΝѠΝ] below. RPC IV.3 Online 3984 (temporary). 1.00gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Philip II AE 24mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 8.93gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.