LOT 3115
Caracalla AE 29mm of Serdica,Thrace. AD 198-217.
AVT K M AVPH CEVH ANTΩNEINOC(?), laureate head to right / OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Hades-Serapis seated to left, holding patera and sceptre; Cerberus at feet to left. Cf. Varbanov 2316. Near Very Fine.(16.15gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 10 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 29 of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 77/8 ).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟΥ ΚΘ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche-Demeter standing to left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. Meshorer 172; Hendin 6322; RPC II 2288; Sofaer 246. 16.31gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 (AD 136/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hexastyle monumental altar (of Caesareum); within, veiled female figure (Eusebia?); above, pyre of burning pinecones; L KA (date) below. RPC III, 6145; Dattari (Savio) 1893; Emmett 910.21; K&G 32.727. 25.06gr, 34mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus, with Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ (Julius Antonius Seleukus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ IOVΛIA MAECA AVΓ (NE ligate), laureate head of Elagabalus and draped bust of Julia Maesa, wearing stephane, facing one another / VΠ IᏌΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN (ΩΝ ligate), Sarapis standing facing, head to left, holding long sceptre and raising right hand; E (mark of value) in left field. RPC VI, 1434 (temporary); AMNG 937-8; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.6.3-4. 13.18gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
