LOT 3458
Caracalla AE 27mm of Dium, Decapolis. Dated CY 268 (AD 205/6).
AV K • M • AV ANTധNЄIN-O-C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔЄIHNധN KOI C, hexastyle temple, flaming altar within, eagle in pediment; HΞC (date) downwards to left. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68428; CNG, E-336, 198. Near Very Fine.(13.48gr, 27mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Septimius Severus AE 29mm of Medaba, Arabia. Dated CY 105 (AD 210/11).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVT KAI CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Helios, raising hand and holding torch, driving facing quadriga; P-Є (date) in lower field. Cf. Sofaer 2. 11.77gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 201-203. ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ ΓΑΛΛΟΣ (Aurelius Gallus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AV • K • Λ • CЄΠ • CЄVHPOC • ΠE(ligate), laureate head to right / VΠA • AVP • ΓAΛΛOV • NEIKOΠOΛIT • ΠPOC • IC, Septimius Severus riding horse to right, spearing boar below. HH&J, Nicopolis 8.14.34.16; Varbanov 2617 var. (legends). 12.67gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck circa AD 207-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
AYT KAI CЄOYHPOC CЄ •, laureate and draped bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC Γ, eagle standing to right, head and tail to left, with wings displayed; star between legs. Prieur 1140. 14.54gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
