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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Julia Mamaea AE 18mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / COLONIA BOSTRA, Marsyas standing to right, wineskin over shoulder and raising right hand. RPC VI, 9343 (temporary); Kindler, Bostra 41; Spijkerman 53; Rosenberger 48; Sofaer 48. 4.59gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 240.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC, eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left and holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC VII.2, 3488; McAlee 860; Prieur 282. 11.44gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L H (date) across fields, Γ in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76547; Dattari 6012. 7.85gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
