LOT 3463
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 177-192.
Uncertain RY 24, 27 or 29 (AD 183-189). M A KOM ANTധ [CЄB ЄV CЄB], laureate head to right / Laureate head of Zeus to right, with traces of drapery; L K[?] (date) across fields. Emmett 2563; cf. Dattari (Savio) 3892. Very Fine.(12.71gr, 24mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman;
From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
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Gordian III AE 23mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck circa AD 239-241. IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding nebris over shoulder, rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing to left, head to right. RPC VII.2, 3551; BMC 245; SNG Copenhagen 125. 8.86gr, 23mm, 1h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear pointing forward and shield on left arm / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, veiled and turreted Tyche seated facing, ram leaping to right above her, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment; river-god swimming to right below. BMC - (cf. 25 for obv., 23 for rev.); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Righetti 2620. 10.61gr, 26mm, 12h
Good Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Struck circa AD 215-217. AVT • K • M • AV • ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on breastplate / ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 843. 13.14gr, 28mm, 12h
Very Fine. Double reverse struck.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
