LOT 3029
Antoninus Pius AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161.
Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). ΑΥΤ Κ [Τ ΑΙΛ] ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / Serpent Agathodaemon erect to right, crowned with skhent; L H (date) across field. RPC IV.4 893.7 (this coin); Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 8918; K&G 35.289 var. (obv. legend); Emmett 1736.8. Good Very Fine. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).(10.16gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 563, 5 June 2024, lot 559.
From the Wild Rose Collection.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 299, 27 March 2013, lot 336.
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Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Sebaste or Aelia Capitolina mint. Legio X Fretensis issue. Flavian bust to right / Two c/m's over uncertain host coin: LXF (for Legio X Fretensis) above boar advancing to right within rectangular incuse and galley to right within rectangular incuse. Hendin 1609; for countermarks: Howgego 291 and 409. 10.94gr, 25mm.
Countermarks: Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Domitian AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 81/3. IMP DOMITI[ANVS CAES AVG], laureate head to left / S C, dot below; all within wreath. RPC II 2023; cf. McAlee 409b. 13.14gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
