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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Gallienus AE 28mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Struck AD 253-260. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL IVL AVG FEL BER (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus), Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding long cruciform sceptre and aphlaston, crowned by Nike standing left on column. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 62829; Rouvier 612-4. 17.36gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
[...] ΑИTOИIИV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PET[...] COLON, founder, raising his right hand and plowing with yoke of oxen to right. Unrecorded obverse legend in standard references including RPC VI, Rosenberger, Sofaer and SNG ANS. 7.68gr, 20mm, 12h.
Vey Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
