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LOT 2832
Commodus AE 16mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 177-192.
ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙ[...], laureate head to right / Ν • ΤΡΑ ΒΟC-ΤΡΑ, camel walking to right. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3983 (temporary); cf. Kindler 21; cf. Rosenberger 23. Good Fine. Very rare.(2.82gr, 16mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 18mm of Rhesaena, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ANTധNI[...], laureate head to right / Sagittarius advancing to right, holding bow and rawing arrow from quiver on shoulder, Δ below. RPC VI Online 7906 (temporary); Lindgren 2614. 4.13gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹV ΑΝϹ, Tyche, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche; all within central arch of distyle temple façade. RPC IV.3, 6516 (temporary); Spijkerman 12; Rosenberger 14; Sofaer 14. 15.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla, as Caesar AE 27mm of Uncertain Mint, Minor Asia. AD 195-198.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Uncertain male deity standing facing, head to left, holding patera(?) with right hand and sceptre with left. 10.56gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
