LOT 3112
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
[...] M AVPH ANTΩNINOC, laureate head to right / OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia. Cf. Varbanov 2387. Near Very Fine.(17.90gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Trajan AE 22mm of Sepphoris, Judaea. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
TPAIANOΣ AVTOKPATΩP EΔΩKEN, laureate head to right / Palm tree, ΣEΠΦΩ-PH-NΩN in two lines across. RPC III 3937; Sofaer 2; Rosenberger 4; SNG ANS 1088-91. 8.61gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYT K M A C ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHT KOΛ ЄΔЄϹCHΝΩN, the Tyche of Edessa seated to left on rock, holding ears of grain; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VI 7852 (temporary) var. (obverse legend). 6.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Pisidia, Termessus Major AE 26mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΤЄΡΜΗCCЄΩΝ, bareheaded and draped bust of Hermes to right, caduceus over shoulder / ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΩΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding eagle and long sceptre. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 73274.4 (this coin); SNG BnF 2179. 6.02gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Ex TimeLine Auctions, 6 December 2016, lot 2933 and 21 February 2017, lot 3024.
