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LOT 2827
Antoninus PIus AE 22mm of Nysa-Scythopolis, Decapolis. AD 138-161.
[ΑΥ]ΤOΚ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝO[Ϲ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄ], laureate head to right / ΝΥϹΑ Ϲ ΚOI ϹΥΡΙΑϹ, Dionysus standing to left with legs crossed, holding cantharus and thyrsus; to left, panther seated to left, head to right. RPC IV.3 Online 6465 (temporary); Barkay 15; Spijkerman 5; Rosenberger 11; Sofaer 15. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(9.26gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Hadrian AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕധΝ ΚΟΙΛΗC CΥΡΙΑC, laureate head of young Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin tied around his neck. RPC III, 4092; Sofaer 14-15; Spijkerman 12. 8.28gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 278/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΡΟΒΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings gathered, with wreath in beak; behind, palm frond, L Δ (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75790; Köln 3135; Dattari (Savio) 5563; K&G 112.17; Emmett 3981.4. 8.48gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
