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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Philip I AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, Fortuna standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopia, flanked by male figures each holding torch in upraised hand; all within billowing canopy held by two female figures on pedestal. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 6484; Sawaya series 43, 448-87. 13.88gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Valerian I AE 26mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, three prize crowns, the central crown containing two palm fronds, those flanking only one; CERT SACR CAP OECV ISE HEL in three lines below. RPC X Online unassigned ID 63822; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen 440; SNG München -. 11.35gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Although the main Pythian Games were held at Apollo's sanctuary at Delphi, many other cities in the east of the Roman Empire periodically held smaller versions of this event. Often such events were associated with other deities, based on the important civic cults of each city. At Heliopolis, the site of a massive temple complex dedicated to Jupiter-Zeus-Baal-Hadad, Venus-Aphrodite-Astarte, and Bacchus-Dionysus, these games were known as the Certamina Sacra Capitolia Oecumenica Iselastica Heliopolitan, as noted on the reverse of the coin. -
Phoenicia, Dora AE 19mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated CY 130(?) (AD 66/7). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Doros to right / ΔധΡΕ[ΙΤധΝ], Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding signa and cornucopia; [?]ΛP (date) to left. Cf. RPC I 4758; cf. Meshorer, Dora 20. 9.10gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
