LOT 3243
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. After AD 140/1.
ΘЄΑ ΦΑVϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Three grain ears tied together, NT-BO across fields; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 Online 6365 (temporary); Sofaer 15; Kindler 11; Spijkerman 15. Very Fine.(2.16gr, 15mm, 6h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Philip I AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, Fortuna standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopia, flanked by male figures each holding torch in upraised hand; all within billowing canopy held by two female figures on pedestal. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 6484; Sawaya series 43, 448-87. 13.88gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Commodus AE 31mm of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 187. ΚΑΙ. ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΣ (Caecilius Maternus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟ, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia. RPC IV.1, 7532 (temporary); Moushmov 178. 19.42gr, 31mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Lucius Verus AE 22mm of Hieropolis, Cyrrhestica. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Radiate head to left; below, palm branch / ΘЄΑС СΥΡΙΑС ΙЄΡΟΠΟ A(?) in three lines; star above; all within laurel wreath. RPC IV.3, 8547 (temporary) var. (no star); cf. RPC IV.3, 6990.16 (temporary). 10.12gr, 22mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Scarce.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
