LOT 3109
Commodus AE 31mm of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 187. ΚΑΙ. ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΣ (Caecilius Maternus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟ, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia. RPC IV.1, 7532 (temporary); Moushmov 178. Near Very Fine.(19.42gr, 31mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Caracalla AE 33mm of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head to right / [ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΥΠΡΙΩΝ], temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 92. 15.59gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius and Luvius Verus AE 29mm of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Judaea. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IMP CAES ANToNINo [ET VERo AVG], confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / CoL AEL CAP, Tyche-Astarte standing to left, foot on uncertain object, holding bust and sceptre, within tetrastyle temple façade with central arch. RPC IV.3, 6413 (temporary); Meshorer, Aelia 52; Rosenberger -; Sofaer 51. 17.09gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. AD 59-60.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Laureate head to right / Nike seated to right on globe, holding wreath. RPC I 3645; Sydenham, Caesarea 82; RIC I 617. 1.28gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025.
