LOT 3460
Antoninus Pius AE 25mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 138-161.
Laureate head to right / Large S C, Θ below; all within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC IV.3 6999 (temporary). Very Fine.(16.21gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Commodus, as Caesar, AE 25mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. AD 166-177.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche enthroned to left, holding phiale. RPC IV.1 Online 4243 (temporary); BMC 115. 10.65gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 733 (company's ticket included). Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 724 (company's ticket included). Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 390, 1 February 2017, lot 318 (company's ticket included). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Commodus AE 25mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 248 (AD 184/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤധ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧ ΠΡ ΙΠΠ ΙЄΡ ΑϹΥΛ, Tyche standing to left, holding cornucopia and bridle of horse standing to left behind; ΗΜϹ (date) in exergue. RPC IV.3 Online 6583 (temporary); Sofaer 24; Spijkerman 25. 9.05gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck possibly AD 219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYT K M ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΔHMAP[X ЄΞ YΠA] TO B, eagle with spread wings, head and tail to right, standing facing and holding wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields; between legs, star. Cf. Prieur 266. 10.87gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
