LOT 3443
Commodus AE 25mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 248 (AD 184/5).
[...] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤധ, laureate head to right / [...] ΠΡ ΙΠΠ ЄΡ(sic) ΑСΥ, turreted Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopiae and bridle of horse standing behind; [Η]ΜС (date) in exergue. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6583. Very Fine. Interesting spelling error on the reverse.(9.28gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Septimius Severus AE Assarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥ Κ ΛI CE CEYHPOC, laureate head to right / NIKOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding patera and long sceptre. HH&J, Nikopolis 8.14.1.20; AMNG 1346; Varbanov 2461. 2.58gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus and Agrippa AE Dupondius of Nemausus, Gaul. Circa 9/8-3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Head of Agrippa to left, wearing rostral crown combined with laureate crown, back to back with head of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath; IMP above, DIVI F below / Chained crocodile to right, palm frond upwards in centre, wreath to left of palm tip with long ties trailing to right; COL NEM across fields; two palm fronds below. RIC I 158; RPC I 524. 12.72gr, 26mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Faustina II AE 27mm of Neapolis, Judaea. Dated CY 88 (AD 159/60).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄ ϹЄΒ ΘΥΓΑ, draped bust to right / ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ ΠΟΛЄധC ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑΛЄϹT, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; ЄΤ ΠΗ (date) across field. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 10805. 12.51gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
