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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Poppaea, Augusta AE 16mm of Akmoneia, Phrygia. AD 62. ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝ ΑΡΧΩΝ and ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑ (Servenius Capito, Archon and Julia Severa).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ CΕΒΑCΤH, draped bust of Poppaea to right, wearing wreath of grain ears; on shoulder, lion / CΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟC ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑC CΕΟΥΗΡΑC around, ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ upwards to right, ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ (ligate) in fields, Artemis standing to right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow with her right from quiver on her back; in field to right, kithara. RPC I, 3175; BMC 48-50; SNG Copenhagen 24. 3.18gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AVT K M A ANTWNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC TO B, eagle standing left, head to left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; Δ - Є across field, star between legs. Cf. RPC VI Online 7959. 12.22gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 21mm. Dated SE 285 (28/7 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / [Α]ΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ [Κ]ΑΙ ΑΣVΛΟV, thyrsos; EΠΣ (date) to inner left, A-N across fields below. RPC I, 4349; SNG Hunterian 3140. 9.29gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
