LOT 2787
Commodus AE 21mm of Anemurium, Cilicia. AD 177-192.
Dated RY 13 (AD 190/1). ΑVΤΟ Κ Μ • ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΑΝ, laureate head to right / ΑΝЄΜOVΡΙЄ-ധΝ, turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right; ЄT • ΓI (date) to left. RPC IV.3, 9559 (temporary); SNG Levante Supp. 112; SNG BnF 703. Near Very Fine.(5.45gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Five [5] AE Roman Provincial Coins. 1st-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various emperors and mints. 16.40gr total.
Very Fine to Good Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Medallion of Sardeis, Lydia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΛΟΥΚΙΟΣ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΣ, ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ KAI ΑΣΙΑΡΧΗΣ (Loukios Kornelios Vettenianos, strategos and asiarch). Struck AD 211-217. N A M AMATNYNЄINO (sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / KOP OYETTHNIAN M AP NYONVS VIΓΑΟΥ Κ ΜΟ (sic) around, XPY-CANΘIN[A C]APΔIA-NΩN [...blundered insciption] in six lines within laurel wreath. For another example with similar legends cf. GRPC 523. 19.02gr, 35mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently the only known example with these legends.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Trebonianus Gallus AE 35mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΑΥ Κ • ΓΑ • ΙΟΥΛΙ ΤΡЄΒΩ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ-[Є]ΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛ-ΔΝΩ, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; in front of Apollo, palm branch, behind Artemis-Tyche, cornucopiae. RPC IX 1331; cf. SNG BnF 1051. 21.26gr, 35mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck on reverse.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
