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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Judaea, Gaba AE 11mm. Time of Domitian, AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Dated Year 142 (AD 83/4). Tetrastyle temple with pediment; ΓΑΒΗ below / Palm branch; ΡΜ-Β (date) across fields. RPC II 2241; Rosenberger I, 7. 1.36gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Of the highest rarity; only three examples cited by RPC and only one example on CoinArchives (Numismatica Ars Classica 64, 1912).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £450
Struck circa AD 202-204. AVT•KAI CЄOYHPOC•CЄ•B•, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX•ЄΞ•VΠA•TO•Γ•, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head and tail to right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 659b; Prieur 200. 13.28gr, 27mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Artemide Aste s.r.l., Auction LVI, 23 October 2021, lot 389 (company ticket included). -
Julia Paula AE Assarion of Parium, Mysia. AD 219-220.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
IVLIA PAVLA AVG, diademed and draped bust of Julia Paula to right / C G I H P, capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. RPC VI online 3858; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock -. 6.44gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
