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LOT 3416
Augustus AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
P. Quinctilius Varus, legatus. Struck 6-4 BC. IMP CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head to right / [...]CTLLLVS VVRVS, two aquilae between two standards. Cf. RPC I 4535. Very Fine.(7.56gr, 21mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. BMC Mysia 111; SNG BnF 1502. 6.63gr, 22mm, 11h
Very Fine. Black patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Divus Augustus (or Tiberius?) AE 22mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. Circa AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΘEOΣ KAΙΣAP ΣEBΑΣTOΣ, bare head to right / Artemis Tauropolos on bull advancing to right, holding billowing veil over head; AMΦΙΠOΛITΩN below. RPC I, 1635; Varbanov 3110; AMNG 72; BMC 74. 8.33gr, 22mm, 1h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Judaea Capta. Titus, as Caesar AE 21mm of Caesarea Maritima. 69-79 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ [ΤΙΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ]ΣΑΡ, laureate head to right / ΙΟΥΔΑΙΑΣ ΕΑΛ-[ꟽΚΥΙΑΣ], Nike standing to right, resting left foot on helmet, inscribing shield attached to palm tree. RPC II, 2311; Meshorer 381; Hendin 6473; Sofaer 2. 6.91gr, 21mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
