LOT 3099
Augustus AE 24mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Dated CY 123 (AD 12/13). Laureate head to right, aphlaston before / Bull running to left, upon which sits Europa, who holds her veil and horn of bull; ΣΙΔΩΝ L ΓΚΡ (date) below. RPC -; Rouvier -; BMC Phoenicia -. Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variety.(7.91gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 85, 19 November 2023, lot 218.
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Macrianus, Usurper BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 260-261.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Dated RY 1 (AD 260/1). Α Κ Τ Φ ΙΟΥΝ ΜΑΚΡΙΑΝΟϹ Є ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak; L A (date) in left field. Köln 3011; Dattari (Savio) 5380; K&G 94.1; Emmett 3785.1. 10.91gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Dichalkon. Time of Augustus, 31 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated Actian Era Year 25 (7/6 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche to right / Tripod-lebes containing three laurel branches; ΑΝΤΙΟΧ[ΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ]ΠΟΛ[ΕΩΣ] to right, ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜ[ΟΥ] to left, E-[K] (date) flanking tripod; all within wreath. RPC I 4243; McAlee 89. 4.75gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Titus, as Caesar AE 21mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Judaea Capta issue. AYTOKP TITOC KAIΣAP, laureate head to right / IOYΔAIAC ЄA-ΛധKYIAC, Victory standing to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing [AYT KAIΣ] on shield resting on knee; palm behind. RPC II, 2312; Hendin GBC 6, 6474; Hendin GBC 5, 1447; TJC 382. 7.57gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
