LOT 3409
Caracalla Æ 26mm of Alexandria, Troas. AD 198-217.
Struck AD 214-215. [M AVRE] ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ALEX AVG, she-wolf standing to left, head to right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Bellinger A304 var. (obverse legend & bust); SNG Righetti 778. Very Fine.(7.80gr, 26mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, diademed and draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC Arabia 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. 9.88gr, 27mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Philip II AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 10.58gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.
From a UK, private collection. -
Judaea, Procurators. Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Claudius and Agrippina Junior. Dated RY 14 of Claudius = 54 CE. ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓЄΡΜ •, two crossed palm branches; L IΔ (date) between / [ΙΟΥ-ΛΙΑ Α]Γ-[ΡΙΠ]ΠΙ-[Ν]Α within wreath. RPC I 4970; Meshorer 342; Hendin 6376. 2.51gr, 17mm, 11h
Very Fine. Reverse off center.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
