LOT 3006
Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 138-161.
Laureate head to right / [...]ΑΝΗϹ ΒΟϹΤPAC, turreted and veiled Tyche standing, facing, holding spear surmounted by trophy and object (cornucopia or three ears of barley) and resting foot on swimming river-god. Cf. RPC IV.3 6692 (temporary); cf. Spijkerman 5; cf. BMC 3-4. Near Very Fine.(15.30gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Dated RY 7 (AD 291/2). ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; L Z (date) across field, Γ in exergue. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76447; Geissen -; Dattari 5852. 6.64gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. Died AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΘЄΑ] ΦΑΥϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Bundle of three barley-ears, NT BO across field; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 6365 (temporary); Kindler 11; Rosenberger 11; Spijkerman 15; Sofaer 15. 2.12gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius, with Lucius Verus AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Doliche, Commagene. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Illegible inscription, confronted laureate heads of Marcus Aurelius to left and Lucius Verus to right / ΔOΛIXAIധN A in three lines within wreath. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 8602 (temporary); cf. SNG Copenhagen 12. 10.10gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
