LOT 3314
Domitian AE 20mm of Amasia, Pontus. Dated CY 95 (AD 92/3).
ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΩ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ, laureate head to right / ΑΜΑϹϹЄΙΑ ЄΤΟΥϹ Єꟼ (date), turreted and draped bust of Tyche to left. RPC II 1632A; Dalaison 12. Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; the best example among two others recorded by Dalaison and three by RPC Online.(5.92gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Salonina, Augusta AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΠΟ ΛΙ ΚΟΡ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ C, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / ΑΦΡΟΔ-Ι-ϹΙЄΩΝ, cult statue of Aphrodite standing to right; to left and right, priestess seated to right and fountain (?); above, star and crescent. RPC X unassigned ID 60138; MacDonald 232. 6.64gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AE 18mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 131 (AD 67/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head to right; c/m: male head(?) to right within incuse circle / Horse standing to left; [AΛP (date)] in exergue. Cf. RPC I, 4808; for c/m: Howgego 121. 6.78gr, 18mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Geta AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 208-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
AYT • KAI • ΓЄTAC : CЄ • B •, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ • VΠA • TO • B •, eagle standing to left on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 210; McAlee 719. 13.43gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
