LOT 2996
Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹV ΑΝϹ, Tyche, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche; all within central arch of distyle temple façade. RPC IV.3, 6516 (temporary); Spijkerman 12; Rosenberger 14; Sofaer 14. Very Fine.(15.48gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2996
Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated RY 1 (AD 244). Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ЄΥϹЄB [ϹЄ?]Β, laureate and cuirassed bust tο right, seen from front, gorgoneion on breastplate / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head το left, holding scales and cornucopia; L A (date) to upper left. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 3066; Köln 2698; Dattari (Savio) 4869 & 12479; K&G 74.3; Emmett 3477.1. 13.01gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Corroded surfaces.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 24mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 128-138. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 12.61gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea, Legionary countermarks AE 22mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Possibly Legio XII Fulminata issue. Flavian(?) bust to right; thunderbolt within rectangular countermark / Blank. For countermark: Howgego 475. 9.09gr, 22mm.
Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector.
The thunderbolt countermarks may have been applied for the Legio II Fulminata, but Howgego also suggests that they more likely relate to the cult of Zeus Hypsistos.
