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LOT 3529
Anonymous PB Tessera of Alexandreia, Egypt. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
Bust of Nilus reclining to left, holding cornucopia and bust of Sarapis(?) / Serpent Agathodaemon coiled erect to right, wearing pschent, grain ear, poppies(?) and caduceus in its coils; L Є (date) in upper fields. Condition as seen. Extremely rare and apparently the only known.(3.09gr, 16mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Cilicia, Mopsouestia-Mopsus AE 19mm. Dated CY 262 (AD 194/5). Time of Septimius Severus. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΑΔΡΙΑΝധΝ ΜΟΨΕΑΤധΝ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / ЄTOVC B-Ξ-C (date), altar on stand. RPC IV.3 25422.1 (temporary) = SNG Levante 1342. 5.48gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare. Best known specimen with clear date.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE 11mm of Beroea, Cyrrhestica. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. BMC Mysia 111; SNG BnF 1502. 4.71gr, 22mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
