LOT 3491
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180/1).
Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ, laureate head to right / Trophy; bound captive seated to left and right; L K-A (date) across field. RPC IV.4 3380; Köln 2205; Dattari (Savio) 3904; K&G 41.25; Emmett 2559.21. Near Very Fine.(9.97gr, 23mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Commodus AE 22mm of Kyzikos, Mysia. Struck circa AD 188-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ] ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΚVΖΙΚΗ]-ΝΩΝ, sheep or calf advancing to right. RPC IV.2 Online 731; Lindgren I, 232; BMC 244; SNG von Aulock 1275; SNG Copenhagen 117; SNG BnF 743. 4.14gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 20mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 26 of Agrippa II (AD 85/6).
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £65
IMP CA D VES F DOM AVG GER COS XII, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕΠΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ, large S C, ET KϚ (date) in exergue. RPC II 2272; Meshorer 36; Sofaer 223; TJC 164; Hendin GBC 6 6356; Hendin GBC 5 1326. 4.95gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I AE 25mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS A, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ANTIOCHI CO-[LO]NI, Vexillum surmounted by eagle between two standards surmounted by eagles; S R between. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 3239. 9.22gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
