LOT 3521
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 22 (AD 181/2).
M AYPH KOMM ANTƱΝΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / Roma seated to left, holding Nike in right hand and sceptre in left; at her side, shield; KB L (date) to left. RPC IV.4 3388; Dattari (Savio) 3861; Köln 2207; K&G 41.29; Emmett 2521.22. Very Fine. Dark brown patina.(11.20gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Anonymous PB Tessera of Alexandreia, Egypt. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bust of Nilus reclining to left, holding cornucopia and bust of Sarapis(?) / Serpent Agathodaemon coiled erect to right, wearing pschent, grain ear, poppies(?) and caduceus in its coils; L Є (date) in upper fields. 3.09gr, 16mm, 10h.
Condition as seen. Extremely rare and apparently the only known.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. Dated Year of the Aradian Era 352 (AD 93/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopiae, tied with taenia; to right, BNT (date); to left 'b' in Phoenician. RPC III 3825.4 (this coin); Rouvier 862; ANS 1948.19.2211. 6.42gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only five examples on RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 1st-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right / Caduceus between two cornucopiae. De Saulcy -; BMC -; Krzyźanowska, Monnayage de Palmyre -; Lindgren I-; for a similar example cf. Roma, e-118, 791. 1.01gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
