LOT 3355
Commodus AE 22mm of Satala, Armenia AD 177-192.
[IMP CAES COMMODO AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / LEG XV, three military standards; the middle one surmounted by eagle on thunderbolt. RPC IV.3 Online 10431; Fox, Tale Cm-C1a; Dandrow, Satala Type II. Good Fine. Extremely rare; only three examples cited by RPC Online and one example on CoinArchives.(5.14gr, 22mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 21mm. Dated SE 285 (28/7 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / [Α]ΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ [Κ]ΑΙ ΑΣVΛΟV, thyrsos; EΠΣ (date) to inner left, A-N across fields below. RPC I, 4349; SNG Hunterian 3140. 9.29gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 5 (AD 120/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒΑϹΤ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄT Є (date) in right field. RPC II, 3076; Sydenham, Caesarea 260. 1.83gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE 25mm of Dora, Phoenicia. Dated CY 180 (AD 117/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝധ [ΚΑΙС], laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ΔധΡ ΙЄΡ ΑСΥΛ ΑΥ[Τ ΝΑΥΑΡ], laureate head of Doros to right; [aphlaston? befo], [date below]. Cf. RPC III, 3919; cf. Meshorer 37; cf. Sofaer 33. 13.29gr, 25mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
