LOT 3034
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 270-275.
Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4). AYT K Λ Δ AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ЄTOVC Є (date), eagle standing facing, head right, holding wreath in beak; star to left. RPC X Unassigned ID 89108 corr. (obv. legend); Savio 2143-5. Very Fine. Extremely rare with this obverse legend; no other examples on CoinArchives.(8.52gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding nebris over shoulder, rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing to left, head to right. RPC VII.2, 3551; BMC 245; SNG Copenhagen 125. 8.13gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Cilicia, Anazarbus AE 1/4 Assarion. Time of Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated CY 180 (AD 160/1). Pseudo-autonomous issue. ANAZAP-BЄ, river-god Pyramos swimming to right / Horse walking to right, ЄT ΠP (date) above and below / RPC IV.3 Online 3636; SNG BN 2032-3; SNG Levante 1394. 1.36gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 24mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. 81-96 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 24(?) of Agrippa II (83/4 CE). ΔΟΜΙΤΙ[ΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], laureate head to right / [...] ΒΑϹΙ [...], Nike standing to right, left foot on helmet, writing on shield resting on knee. Cf. RPC II 2278. 9.19gr, 24mm, 12h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
