LOT 3184
Augustus AE 25mm of Uncertain Mint, Asia Minor. Struck circa 25 BC.
Bare head right; c/m’s: TI CAE in incuse rectangle, AVG in incuse rectangle / AVGVSTVS in one line within laurel-wreath. RPC I 2235; RIC I 486 (Ephesus); Howgego 602, 577 (for countermarks). Fine.(8.55gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Philip I and Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Μ WΤA-K ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip and draped bust of Otacilia Severa facing one another / MECAMBPIANΩN, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding cantharus with right hand and long thyrsus with left. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 70419. 13.57gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AYT K M ANTWNЄINOC[...], laureate head to right, slight drapery(?) on left shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ Y[...], eagle with spread wings, head and tail to right, standing facing and holding wreath in beak; Є(retrograde)-Δ across upper fields; between legs, star. Cf. Prieur 278. 11.61gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Faustina I AE Assarion of Pessinus, Galatia. AD 138-140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΦΑΥСΤЄΙΝΑ СЄΒΑСΤΗ,draped bust to right / ΠЄССΙΝOΥΝΤΙΩΝ, draped bust of Serapis wearing kalathos to left. RPC IV.3, 10686 (temporary); Devreker -. 4.85gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Property of a UK gallery.
