LOT 3492
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 25 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 184/5).
Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤƱ CЄΒ ЄΥCЄΒ, laureate head to right / Bust of Nilus to right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds and with slight drapery on his left and cornucopiae on his right shoulder; L K-Є across field. RPC IV.4, 3464; Köln 2222; Dattari (Savio) 9580-1; K&G 41.60; Emmett 2552.25. Near Very Fine.(10.35gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Faustina II AE 20mm of Alia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 150-161. ΓΑΪΟΣ ΑΣΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΓΡΕΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΣ (Gaius Asinius Agreus Philopappos), archiereus/asiarch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ, draped bust to right / ΑΓΡЄΥϹ ΑΡΧΙЄ-ΡΑΤЄ [ΑΛΙΗΝΟΙϹ], Aphrodite standing facing, nude, head to left, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand; to left at her feet, uncertain object (column or tree trunk). RPC IV.2 Online 1762; von Aulock Phrygiens I, 78-9; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 195, no. 5. 4.81gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 (AD 264/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Homonoia seated to left, raising right arm and holding double cornucopiae; palm to right, L ΙΒ (date) in two lines to left. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75514; Dattari (Savio) 5249; Emmett 3817.12. 9.46gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Titus with Agrippa II AE 10 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 30 (AD 78/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AYTOKP TITΩ [KAICAP CEBACTΩ], laureate head to right / ETOY Λ BA AΓPI-ΠΠA, Tyche-Demeter standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II 2294; Meshorer 50. 15.45gr, 27mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
