LOT 3093
Augustus AE 21mm of Damascus, Seleucis and Pieria. 27 BC-AD 14.
Dated CY 283 (30/29 BC). Bare head to right / ΔAMAΣKHNΩN, Tyche seated to left on rock, extending right arm and holding cornucopia; river-god Chrysoroas at feet; L ΓΠ Σ (date, retrograde) to left; all within wreath. RPC I 4786; Rosenberger 8; DCA 500. Near Very Fine.(7.65gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Struck AD 215-217. [ΑΥΤ K M] A • ANTΩNЄINOC • CЄB •, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head to left, wreath in beak; bust of Shamash (Sol) to left between legs. Cf. Prieur 1009. 12.38gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Struck AD 116/7. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑͶΟϹ ΑΡΙ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ • ΔΑ • Κ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; club to left / • ΔHMAPX • [...], laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, wearing lion skin around neck. Cf. RPC III 3562; cf. McAlee 467 (Tyre); cf. Prieur 1522 (Tyre). 13.49gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left, head to right and holding wreath in beak; L H (date) across field. Dattari (Savio) 6009; Emmett 4108.8; K&G 120.68. 7.50gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
