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Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Time of Nero. Dated CY 169 (AD 58/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Dionysus wearing ivy wreath to left / Cista; ΘΞΡ above, ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ below; all within ivy wreath. RPC I, 4587; SNG Copenhagen 238; BMC 155. 5.53gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 16mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙ[...], laureate head to right / Ν • ΤΡΑ ΒΟC-ΤΡΑ, camel walking to right. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3983 (temporary); cf. Kindler 21; cf. Rosenberger 23. 2.82gr, 16mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Arabia, Bostra AE 12mm. Time of Commodus. Dated CY 76 (AD 181/2). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right; TV downwards to right, OC• (date) across field / BOCT-PA, camel standing to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 3953 (temporary); Kindler 19. 0.95gr, 12mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Mamaea AE 18mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / COLONIA BOSTRA, Marsyas standing to right, wineskin over shoulder and raising right hand. RPC VI, 9343 (temporary); Kindler, Bostra 41; Spijkerman 53; Rosenberger 48; Sofaer 48. 4.59gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 15mm of Anthemusia, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[...]NCI, radiate head to right / ΑΝΘЄ[...], turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche to right. RPC VI Online 7708; BMC 1; Dandrow Anthemusia 36. 2.25gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 18mm of Rhesaena, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ANTധNI[...], laureate head to right / Sagittarius advancing to right, holding bow and rawing arrow from quiver on shoulder, Δ below. RPC VI Online 7906 (temporary); Lindgren 2614. 4.13gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus(?) AE 20mm of Phoenician mint, possibly Botrys. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate bust to right / Front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which deity standing, facing. Cf. RPC VI Online 8221 (temporary). 7.44gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 44/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head to right; L E (date) before / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina, veiled, standing to left and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column, to left lituus. RPC I, 5163; Dattari 128. 10.74gr, 25mm, 1h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 68/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤ ΤΙΤ ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝ ΚΑΙΣ, laureate head to right; L A (date) in lower right field / Victory flying to left, holding wreath and palm. RPC II, 2402; Dattari (Savio) 359; Emmett 205. 12.04gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12(?) (AD 92/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / Dolphin entwined around anchor; L IB(?) (date) across field. RPC II, 2692; SNG BnF 962. 3.44gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Very rare regnal year for this type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 111/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate head to right / Canopus to right; L I-E (date) across fields. RPC III, 4576; Dattari (Savio) 648; Emmett 371. 12.10gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 20 (AD 135/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to left / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopia; crocodile below; L K (date) to left. RPC III, 6090; Dattari (Savio) 7453; Emmett 879.20. 11.91gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.