LOT 3424
Antoninus Pius AE 17mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 138-161.
[...]ധVIᏌPC(sic), laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡOΠ, crescent surmounted by eight-rayed star. RPC IV.3, 6625 (temporary); Sofaer 16; Spijkerman 18. Very Fine. Very rare.(3.55gr, 17mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla AE 24mm of Caesarea Panias, Trachonitis. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated year 214 (AD 210/1). [M AVP ANT]ΩNЄINOC [CЄB], laureate head to right, seen from rear / KAICAPIA ΠANIAC, Tyche standing facing, head to right, her left foot on rock, holding rudder and cornucopia; [C−ΙΔ] (date) across field. Sofaer 20; Meshorer, Caesarea 22; SNG ANS 873. 12.45gr. 24mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE 21mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IMP CAES MACRINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SEP TVRVS METRO COLON, prow of galley sailing to right; murex shell above. Rouvier 2340; BMC 384; SNG Copenhagen 361. 8.06gr, 21mm, 7h
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Uncertain RY 24, 27 or 29 (AD 183-189). M A KOM ANTധ [CЄB ЄV CЄB], laureate head to right / Laureate head of Zeus to right, with traces of drapery; L K[?] (date) across fields. Emmett 2563; cf. Dattari (Savio) 3892. 12.71gr, 24mm, 11h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
