LOT 3509
Countermarked Roman Provincial AE 28mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD.
Countermark: male imperial head to right within incuse circle / Blank. Near Very Fine.(6.35gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75851; Dattari (Savio) 5584; Emmett 4007. 6.24gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ [...], laureate head to right / [ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ?], Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. Cf. RPC III 2618. 9.37gr, 23mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means ''of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 8 or 10 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 27 of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 75/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑ-ϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / Tyche-Demeter standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding grain ears and cornucopia; star to upper left; ETOV KZ (date) BA AΓPI-ΠΠA in two lines across field; macron above BA. RPC II, 2283; Meshorer 166; Hendin 6318; Sofaer 240. 16.89gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
