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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Elagabalus AE 27mm of Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Dated CY 254 (AD 218). AVT K M A AN-TꟽNЄINOC CЄ, laureate head to right / ΛЄ-VK, Sol, holding sceptre and globe, driving facing spread quadriga; ΔNC (date) below. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; Lindgren & Kovacs 2188. 15.67gr, 27mm, 2h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 21mm. Circa AD 264-267.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΘHNAIΩN, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding spear in her right hand and shield in her left. Cf. Kroll 318; cf. Svoronos pl. 86. 6.17gr, 21mm, 3h
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.
