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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Volusian AE 19mm of Neapolis, Judaea. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[...] ΤΡΙΒ [...], radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ]ΠΟΛЄധϹ, mount Gerizim topped by temple, steep stairway upward with colonnade below. RPC IX, 2166; Sofaer 242. 6.47gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 36mm of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 222-235. Marcus Vinicius Polites, strategos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
ΑY Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄY ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ • ΠΡΩ • ΑϹΙ • Γ ΝЄΩ • Τ-ΩΝ • ϹЄΒ ЄΠ Ϲ • ΠΟΛЄΙΤΟΥ, Cybele seated on throne to left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 4680; Klose 3. 21.86gr, 36mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙ • ϹЄΟΥΗΡΟϹ • ϹЄ •, laureate and draped bust to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ • ЄΞ • ΥΠΑΤΟϹ • ΤΟ • Γ •, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spread wings and wreath in beak; between legs, star. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 87372; Bellinger 51; McAlee 31; Amandry & Prieur 46; Prieur 1162. 13.13gr, 29mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
