LOT 3365
Caracalla AE 24mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
AVT KAI ANTധNЄINOC, laureate head to right / Large S C; below, eagle standing slightly to left, head to right, with wings spread; uncertain letter and symbol flanking; all within wreath. Cf. McAlee 697A (A and ivy leaf). Very Fine.(6.97gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 25 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 184/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤƱ CЄΒ ЄΥCЄΒ, laureate head to right / Bust of Nilus to right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds and with slight drapery on his left and cornucopiae on his right shoulder; L K-Є across field. RPC IV.4, 3464; Köln 2222; Dattari (Savio) 9580-1; K&G 41.60; Emmett 2552.25. 10.35gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian AE 20mm of Amasia, Pontus. Dated CY 95 (AD 92/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΩ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ, laureate head to right / ΑΜΑϹϹЄΙΑ ЄΤΟΥϹ Єꟼ (date), turreted and draped bust of Tyche to left. RPC II 1632A; Dalaison 12. 5.92gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; the best example among two others recorded by Dalaison and three by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Faustina II AE 20mm of Alia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 150-161. ΓΑΪΟΣ ΑΣΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΓΡΕΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΣ (Gaius Asinius Agreus Philopappos), archiereus/asiarch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ, draped bust to right / ΑΓΡЄΥϹ ΑΡΧΙЄ-ΡΑΤЄ [ΑΛΙΗΝΟΙϹ], Aphrodite standing facing, nude, head to left, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand; to left at her feet, uncertain object (column or tree trunk). RPC IV.2 Online 1762; von Aulock Phrygiens I, 78-9; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 195, no. 5. 4.81gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
