LOT 3165
Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Koinon, Macedon. AD 138-161.
ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ, bare head to right / ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝധΝ. thunderbolt with four wings. RPC IV.1 Online 5017 (temporary); AMNG 259(2). Near Very Fine. Very rare; only 2 specimens on RPC Online.(10.02gr, 26mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 242.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX Є-Ξ YΠA TO B, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to left, head to right. RPC VII.2 3513; Prieur 295. 14.16gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Commodus AE Diassarion of Gabala, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated CY 233 (AD 186/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙCAP Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / ΓΑΒΑΛЄⲰΝ, ΔC ΓΛC KT, on the left, owl standing to right on globe, head facing; on the right, sphinx seated to left on base. BMC 8; RPC IV.3 online 5788. 8.34gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AE 26mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. AD 194. 1st emission.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP L SEPT SE-V PERT AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche turreted and radiate standing facing on base, holding crown in right hand and cornucopia in left, between two small figures holding clubs (or torchs?); all below arched canopy held in place by two female figures standing on columns; COL HEL in exergue. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84881. 12.89gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
