LOT 3318
Commodus AE 22mm of Kyzikos, Mysia. Struck circa AD 188-192.
[ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ] ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΚVΖΙΚΗ]-ΝΩΝ, sheep or calf advancing to right. RPC IV.2 Online 731; Lindgren I, 232; BMC 244; SNG von Aulock 1275; SNG Copenhagen 117; SNG BnF 743. Near Very Fine.(4.14gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Marcus Aurelius or Lucius Verus AE 23mm of Petra(?), Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗ]ΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄΒ, Antoninus Pius on horseback, galloping to left, raising right hand in salute, chlamys flowing behind. RPC IV.3 Online 3982 (Uncertain mint and ruler); E.S.G. Robinson, "Coins from Petra, etc" in Num. Chron. 64 (1936), p. 291, pl. XVII.12. 7.80gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Group of Six [6] Roman Provincial and Other AE Coins and Weight. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 19.18gr total, 11-19mm.
As shown.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
• ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙ • ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ • ϹЄ •, laureate head to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ • ЄΞ • ΥΠΑΤΟϹ • ΤΟ • Γ •, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head and tail to left, with wreath in beak; between legs, star. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 87425; Bellinger 65; McAlee 33; Amandry & Prieur 48; Prieur 1164. 12.54gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
