LOT 2799
Caracalla AE 24mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 198-217.
Struck circa AD 214-217. IMP M AVR ANTONINVS, laureate head of Caracalla to right / SEP TVRVS METRO COLONI, bull standing right before vexillum inscribed LEG III GAL; before, murex shell. AUB 208; BMC 377. Very Fine.(10.29gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Commodus AE 23mm of Byblus, Phoenicia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ Μ Α[Υ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟ]Ν ЄΥΤ, laureate head to right / ΙЄΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ, Isis Pharia standing to right, wearing lotus and holding billowing sail. RPC IV.3, 6774 (temporary); Rouvier 686; SNG Copenhagen 139. 8.13gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck AD 219. AVT K M A ••• ANΤധNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO B, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head and tail to left with wreath in beak; star between legs, Δ Є across fields. Prieur 272; McAlee 763. 13.88gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Struck AD 59-60. NERO CLAVD • DIVI CLAVD • F • CAESAR AVG • GERMANI •, laureate head to right / Nike seated to right on globe, holding wreath. RPC I 3645; Sydenham, Caesarea 82; RIC I 617. 1.79gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
