LOT 2782
Domitia, Augusta AE 16mm of Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia. AD 82-96.
ΔOMITIA CЄBACTH, draped bust to right / MAΓΝH CIΠV, river god Sipylos reclining to left, holding reed in his right hand, cornucopia in his left and resting his left elbow upon overturned urn from which liquid flows. RPC II, 986; GRPC 122; SNG Copenhagen 259; SNG von Aulock 3003. Very Fine.(2.77gr, 16mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2782
Domitia, Augusta AE 16mm of Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Caracalla AE Medallion of Sardeis, Lydia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΛΟΥΚΙΟΣ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΣ, ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ KAI ΑΣΙΑΡΧΗΣ (Loukios Kornelios Vettenianos, strategos and asiarch). Struck AD 211-217. N A M AMATNYNЄINO (sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / KOP OYETTHNIAN M AP NYONVS VIΓΑΟΥ Κ ΜΟ (sic) around, XPY-CANΘIN[A C]APΔIA-NΩN [...blundered insciption] in six lines within laurel wreath. For another example with similar legends cf. GRPC 523. 19.02gr, 35mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently the only known example with these legends.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Gordian III AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC • AVΓ •, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN ΠP(ligate)-OC ICTPON, Sarapis seated to left, extending right arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre with left. RPC VII.2, 1301; AMNG 2045. 12.05gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius AE As of Saguntum, Spain. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
L. Sempronius Geminus and L. Valerius Sura, duoviri. TI • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • F • AVG, bare head to right / L • SE[MP] • GEMINO • L •VAL(ligate) • SVRA II VIR, galley to right; SAG above; c/m: DD within rectangular incuse. RPC I 202; ACIP 3237; for c/m: ACIP p. 782, 26. 10.82gr, 30mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection.
