LOT 3033
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 270-275.
Dated RY 4 (AD 272/3). AVT K Λ Δ AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, with spread wings, head to right with wreath in beak, flanked by two standards; L Δ (date) in upper central field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75675; SNG Copenhagen 873-875. Near Very Fine.(8.58gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ ('for Zeus Pandemos, the Synnadeans') , Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. RPC III 2619; SNG von Aulock 3984. 7.76gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means "of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support. -
Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Struck AD 112-114. AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, laureate head to right, with slight drapery over far shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ ΥΠATO Ϛ (''tribune of the people, consul for the sixth time''), aquila between two signa; wreath on left signum and hand on right signum. RPC III 4055; Metcalf 9. 9.76gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
