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LOT 2773
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE 18mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.
K M OΠЄΛ ΔΙΑΔOYMЄNIA-ΝΟC, bare head to right / ΝΙΚOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠPΟC ICT, bunch of grapes. Varbanov 3608; AMNG I 1887. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(5.42gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2773
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE 18mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Caracalla AE 24mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Struck circa AD 214-217. IMP M AVR ANTONINVS, laureate head of Caracalla to right / SEP TVRVS METRO COLONI, bull standing right before vexillum inscribed LEG III GAL; before, murex shell. AUB 208; BMC 377. 10.29gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trebonianus Gallus AE 35mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΑΥ Κ • ΓΑ • ΙΟΥΛΙ ΤΡЄΒΩ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ-[Є]ΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛ-ΔΝΩ, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; in front of Apollo, palm branch, behind Artemis-Tyche, cornucopiae. RPC IX 1331; cf. SNG BnF 1051. 21.26gr, 35mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck on reverse.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Phrygia, Bria or Briana AE 19mm. Time of the Severans, AD 193-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos / BΡΙΑ-ΝΩΝ, Isis standing facing, head to left, holding sistrum with right hand and situla with left. Von Aulock, Phrygiens 225-37; SNG von Aulock 3520; BMC 1. 3.38gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 545, 30 August 2023, lot 411.
