LOT 3490
Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 141/2).
ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ [C]ЄB ЄYCB(sic), laureate head to right / Poseidon standing to right, foot on prow, holding trident and dolphin; L Є (date) across fields. RPC IV.4, 364; Dattari 2321; Geissen 1378. Very Fine.(11.97gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 116-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large S C above BΔ within laurel wreath. RPC III, 3642; McAlee 496(d). 15.27gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I, with Otacilia Severa and Philip II AE 29mm of Damascus, Cyrrhestica. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[IMPP] DD NN PHILIPPIS AV[GG], confronted busts of Philip I, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Philip II, smaller, radiate, draped, and cuirassed, vis à vis / M OTAC SEVER[A AVG], diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa to right, resting on a crescent; below, [ram running to right, head to left?]. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 15988. 13.34gr, 29mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81/3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP DOMITIA-[NVS] CAES AVG, laureate head of Domitian to right / S C within laurel wreath; below, Η. RPC II, 2021h; McAlee 407h. 13.09gr, 28mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
