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LOT 3261
Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161. Uncertain date.
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing ram's horn with solar disk and uraei; date in field. Cf. RPC IV.4 Online 1517 (dated RY 17). Fine.(22.85gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Philip I and Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Μ WΤA-K ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip and draped bust of Otacilia Severa facing one another / MECAMBPIANΩN, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding cantharus with right hand and long thyrsus with left. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 70419. 13.57gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ascalon, Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, dove to right with olive branch in beak. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 79260; Prieur -. 11.83gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 525, 20 October 2022, lot 713. -
Gordian III AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding nebris over shoulder, rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing to left, head to right. RPC VII.2, 3551; BMC 245; SNG Copenhagen 125. 8.13gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
