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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Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 70/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣЄΒΑ ΟΥЄΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Bust of Serapis to right; L Γ (date) before. RPC II, 2429; Köln 290; Dattari (Savio) 398; K&G 20.30. 8.08gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, BI Tetradrachm. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT K M A ANΤWNЄINOC CЄB, laureate bust to r., slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO B, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head and tail to l. with wreath in beak; star between legs, Δ-Є across fields. Prieur 249; McAlee-758. 16.13gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 1292. Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 21mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 24 of Agrippa II (AD 83/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΔOMЄT KAICA[P?] ΓЄPMANI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Victory standing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄTO KΔ(date) B[AC] across fields; AΓPI-ΠΠA below. RPC II, 2262; TJC 150; Sofaer 208-9; Hendin GBC 6 6345; Hendin GBC 5 1315. 11.20gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
