LOT 3117
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
AYT K M AYP CEY ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Demeter standing to left feeding serpent arising from cista and holding long torch. CN Online 5053; H&J, Serdica 12.18.5.11; Ruzicka 147; Varbanov 2252 var. (bust to left). Near Very Fine.(17.31gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Septimius Severus AE 30mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. Dated CY 142 (AD 205/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / KOIN ΠO NЄOKAI MHTPO, statue of uncertain deity on tall base, facing to left, holding sceptre, within tetrastyle temple; temple walls seen behind, pellet in pediment; ЄT PMR (date) in exergue. RPC V.3 Online 85707. 11.72gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Eagle with spread wings, head and tail to left, standing facing and holding wreath in beak; Δ Є(?) across upper fields; between legs, star. Cf. Prieur 250. 10.63gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 31mm of Trajanopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head to right / TPAIANOΠΟΛEITΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 2777. 15.55gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
