LOT 3112
Commodus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
ΑΥΤ ΚΟΜΜΟΔ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right, set on eagle standing facing, head to right, with wings displayed. RPC IV.3, 6632 (temporary); Spijkerman 25a; Sofaer 22. Near Very Fine.(6.27gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 22mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[IMP C M] AVR • ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head to right; slight drapery on far shoulder / Incuse of obverse. Cf. RPC VI, 8178 (temporary). 7.39gr, 22mm.
Near Very Fine. Obverse brockage.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Jerusalem mint. In the name Julia Augusta (Livia). Dated RY 2 of Tiberius (15/6 CE). ΙΟΥΛΙΑ in two lines within wreath / Upright branch; L B (date) flanking. RPC I, 4959; Meshorer 317; Hendin 6362. 1.43gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 27mm of Aegeae, Cilicia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated CY 275 (AD 228/9). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄΥ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡΙ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟΛ ΑΙΓ ЄΟϹ (date), draped bust of Dionysus to right, thyrsus over shoulder; before, bunch of grapes. RPC VI, 7186 (temporary); SNG BnF 2359; Haymann 161a. 11.77gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
