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LOT 2833
Arabia, Bostra AE 12mm. Time of Commodus. Dated CY 76 (AD 181/2). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right; TV downwards to right, OC• (date) across field / BOCT-PA, camel standing to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 3953 (temporary); Kindler 19. Very Fine. Very rare.(0.95gr, 12mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Domitian AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12(?) (AD 92/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / Dolphin entwined around anchor; L IB(?) (date) across field. RPC II, 2692; SNG BnF 962. 3.44gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Very rare regnal year for this type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XV Cos V (AD 110/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right above eagle standing to right; club beneath head / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΙЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є, laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules to right, lion skin tied around neck. RPC III, 3539; Prieur 1515; McAlee 460. 14.45gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus(?) AE 20mm of Phoenician mint, possibly Botrys. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate bust to right / Front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which deity standing, facing. Cf. RPC VI Online 8221 (temporary). 7.44gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
