LOT 2820
Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. 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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Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 6 (AD 280/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΡΟΒΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings spread, with wreath in beak; L ς (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75804; Dattari (Savio) 5557; Emmett 3982.6. 6.76gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian and Vabalathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 of Aurelian & RY 5 of Vabalathus (August AD 271 - March AD 272).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Λ Δ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; L B (date) across fields / Ι Α Ϲ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝΟ Υ ΑΥΤ Ϲ Ρധ, laureate, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75753; Köln 3058-62; Dattari (Savio) 5424 corr. (obv. legend); K&G 106.71; Emmett 3914. 9.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Gabala, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated CE 143 and AE 128 (AD 98).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYT NEP KAIC TPAIA CEB ΓEPM, laureate head to right / ΓABAΛEΩN HKP (date) ΓMP (date), Astarte (?) seated to left, holding grain ears and poppy in her right hand and sceptre in her left; at her feet, Sphinx (?) to left. RPC III, 3808. 8.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
