LOT 3357
Domitian AE 26mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-83.
IMP DOMITIA[NVS CAES AVG?], laureate head to left / Large S C within laurel-wreath of eight leaves; Δ(?) below. Cf. RPC II, 2023. Very Fine.(10.43gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3357
Domitian AE 26mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Severus Alexander AE 36mm of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 222-235. Marcus Vinicius Polites, strategos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
ΑY Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄY ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ • ΠΡΩ • ΑϹΙ • Γ ΝЄΩ • Τ-ΩΝ • ϹЄΒ ЄΠ Ϲ • ΠΟΛЄΙΤΟΥ, Cybele seated on throne to left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 4680; Klose 3. 21.86gr, 36mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Nerva AE 26mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 97.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[IMP C]AESAR • NER-[VA AVG III COS], laureate head to right / Large S•C, I below; all within laurel wreath. RPC III, 3488; Wruck 135; CRS 193a; McAlee 421(j). 14.28gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Poppaea, Augusta AE 16mm of Akmoneia, Phrygia. AD 62. ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝ ΑΡΧΩΝ and ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑ (Servenius Capito, Archon and Julia Severa).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ CΕΒΑCΤH, draped bust of Poppaea to right, wearing wreath of grain ears; on shoulder, lion / CΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟC ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑC CΕΟΥΗΡΑC around, ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ upwards to right, ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ (ligate) in fields, Artemis standing to right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow with her right from quiver on her back; in field to right, kithara. RPC I, 3175; BMC 48-50; SNG Copenhagen 24. 3.18gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
