LOT 3462
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 177-192.
Dated RY 30 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 189/90). M A KOM ANTധ CЄB ЄYCЄB, laureate head to right / Eagle with spread wings standing to right on thunderbolt; L Λ (date) in right field. RPC IV.4 Online 14223 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 3905; Emmett 2523. Very Fine.(10.78gr, 23mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman;
From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
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LOT 3462
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Elagabalus 22mm of Esbus, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVT C M AVP ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing to left within tetrastyle temple, with arcuated lintel, holding sceptre with left hand and small bust with right, right foot on bull's head (or prow); A-V above wings, [ЄC]BOVC in exergue. RPC VI, 9345.13 (temporary) (this coin); Rosenberger 3 (Tyche holds phiale and her foot on river-god); Sofaer 4-5. 9.93gr, 22mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Rare. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E-auction 531, 25 January 2023, lot 659. -
Caracalla Æ 26mm of Alexandria, Troas. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 214-215. [M AVRE] ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ALEX AVG, she-wolf standing to left, head to right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Bellinger A304 var. (obverse legend & bust); SNG Righetti 778. 7.80gr, 26mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Augustus AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
P. Quinctilius Varus, legatus. Struck 6-4 BC. IMP CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head to right / [...]CTLLLVS VVRVS, two aquilae between two standards. Cf. RPC I 4535. 7.56gr, 21mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
