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Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. After AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΘЄΑ ΦΑVϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Three grain ears tied together, NT-BO across fields; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 Online 6365 (temporary); Sofaer 15; Kindler 11; Spijkerman 15. 2.16gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE Assarion of Bostra, Arabia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COLONIA BOSTRA, Marsyas standing right, raising right hand and holding wineskin over shoulder with left. Kindler 37; Spijkerman 49. 4.66gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYT K M A C ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHT KOΛ ЄΔЄϹCHΝΩN, the Tyche of Edessa seated to left on rock, holding ears of grain; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VI 7852 (temporary) var. (obverse legend). 6.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. Struck AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. Struck AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Tiberius AE Dupondius of Commagene. AD 19-20.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXII, winged caduceus between two crossed cornucopiae. RIC I 90; RPC I 3869; BMCRE 175. 17.34gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Philip II AE 29mm of Zeugma, Commagene. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΖЄΥΓΜΑΤЄΩΝ, tetrastyle temple atop hill, with structures at base of hill and up either side; in exergue, capricorn to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 8196; Butcher 31c; SNG Copenhagen 35. 16.88gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
[NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV], radiate bust to left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) beneath chin / [ΣΕBAΣTOΦOPOΣ], galley sailing to right, dolphins below. RPC I 5296; Dattari (Savio) 264; Emmett 121. 12.19gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 115/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[AVΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ] CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, radiate bust to right, with aegis over shoulder; star in right field / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; L Ι-Θ (date) across fields. RPC III, 4885; Dattari (Savio) 656. 13.72gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 20 (AD 116/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
ΑVΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑΡ, radiate bust to right, with aegis over far shoulder; star in right field / Bust of Nilus to right, wearing taenia, cornucopia at shoulder; L K (date) across fields. RPC III, 4919; Dattari (Savio) 6866-7; Emmett 387.20. 12.82gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, drapery(?) on far shoulder / Isis or Euthenia standing to left, holding sceptre with right hand and cornucopia with left; in field, L I-Γ. Cf. RPC III, 4463; cf. Dattari (Savio) Suppl. Pl. 5, 81. 22.95gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen on RPC.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 111/112).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, with drapery on far shoulder / Trajan, holding sceptre and branch, driving quadriga of elephants to right; L IE (date) above. RPC III, 4605.2; Dattari (Savio) 6936. 26.15gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.