LOT 3218
Augustus AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
CAESAR, laureate head to right / Dolphin entwined around trident; all within wreath. RPC I, 4536; Rouvier 486; Sawaya 136-146. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(8.50gr, 21mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Uncertain Mint, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α [...], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΔΗΜΑ[...]ΟϹ ΤΟ Β, eagle standing to right, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є flanking head, star between legs. Cf. RPC VI Online 7949 (Uncertain mint); cf. Prieur 249 (Emesan Issues). 12.50gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Geta, as Caesar, AE 18mm of Pautalia, Thrace. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Λ CEΠT ΓETAC K, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Moushmov 4352; Ruzicka 793. 4.73gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 28mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ-ΛEΙΝΑ, draped busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped, facing one another / OVΛΠIANWN AΓXIAΛEWN (second WN ligate), Sarapis standing facing, head to left, raising right arm and holding sceptre. RPC VII.2 1180; AMNG 651. 15.47gr, 28mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
