LOT 3157
Augustus(?) AE 16mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
[AVG?], bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. Cf. RPC I 1656; cf. SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); cf. Varbanov 3770. Near Very Fine.(3.54gr, 16mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Trajan AE 22mm of Aradus, Phoenicia. Dated CY 365 (AD 106/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head to right / Goddess seated on rudder to left, wearing kalathos, holding end of rudder and cornucopia; to right, Phoenician letter; ΕΞΤ (date) in upper left field, ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ below. Cf. RPC III 3814. 7.61gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Gordian III AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 241-244. ΣΑΒ. ΜΟΔΕΣΤΟΣ [Sab(inius?) Modestus], legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AΥT K M ANTΩ ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΥΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOΥ (OY ligate) NIKOΠOΛЄIT[ΩN] ΠΡOC IC[TPON], Tyche standing facing in tetrastyle temple, head to left, holding cornucopia; in pediment, globe. RPC VII.2, 1310; AMNG 2087-90. 10.99gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Trajan AE 22mm of Sepphoris, Judaea. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
TPAIANOΣ AVTOKPATΩP EΔΩKEN, laureate head to right / Palm tree, ΣEΠΦΩ-PH-NΩN in two lines across. RPC III 3937; Sofaer 2; Rosenberger 4; SNG ANS 1088-91. 8.61gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
