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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Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ, laureate head to right / Trophy; bound captive seated to left and right; L K-A (date) across field. RPC IV.4 3380; Köln 2205; Dattari (Savio) 3904; K&G 41.25; Emmett 2559.21. 9.97gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near 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. -
Septimius Severus AE 29mm of Medaba, Arabia. Dated CY 105 (AD 210/11).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVT KAI CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Helios, raising hand and holding torch, driving facing quadriga; P-Є (date) in lower field. Cf. Sofaer 2. 11.77gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
