LOT 3378
Divus Septimius Severus AE 27mm of Heliopolis, Coele. AD 211-212.
DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from front / I O M H COL HEL (Iupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus colonia Heliopolitana), aerial perspective view of the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84871; Sawaya 403-407. Very Fine.(12.53gr, 27mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 279/80).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A K M AYP ΠΡOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wings gathered, holding wreath in beak; L Є (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75796; Köln 3145; Dattari (Savio) 5553; K&G 112.22; Emmett 3984.5. 8.33gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Assarion of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. ΕΓΔΙΚΟΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟΣ (Egdikos, son of Fronton), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £107
[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. 3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT KAI ANTധNЄINOC, laureate head to right / Large S C; below, eagle standing slightly to left, head to right, with wings spread; uncertain letter and symbol flanking; all within wreath. Cf. McAlee 697A (A and ivy leaf). 6.97gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
