LOT 3155
Augustus AE 20mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
[ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕ]ΒΑΣΤΟΥ, bare head to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟ[ΛΕΙΤΩΝ], Artemis Tauropolos, holding billowing veil, on bull advancing to right. RPC I, 1629. Near Very Fine.(5.46gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Macrinus AE 26mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218. ΣΤΑ. ΛΟΝΓΙΝΟΣ (Statius Longinus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYT K M OΠEΛΛI CEV [MAKP]EINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / YΠ CT[A ΛONΓINOY NIKOΠ]OΛITΩN ΠPOC I, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and bow. H&J, Nikopolis 8.23.7.6; AMNG 1735; Varbanov 3435. 11.50gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Geta AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 208-212.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
AYT • KAI • ΓЄTAC : CЄ • B •, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ • VΠA • TO • B •, eagle standing to left on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 210; McAlee 719. 13.43gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE As. AD 243-244. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AETER, Victory standing facing, head to left, resting right hand on grounded shield set on a mourning captive seated to left, and holding palm in left; S C across field. RIC IV 337b; Cohen 352. 10.24gr, 24mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare Gordian's As of the fifth (final) issue at Rome.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
