LOT 3108
Domitian AE 'Sestertius' of Philippopolis, Thrace. Struck AD 88-89.
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, City-goddess holding patera and wheat ears standing to left by the river god Hebros, who reclines to right on vase from which water flows, holding long reed in left hand, while another reed grows behind him. RPC II, 351; Mionnet I p. 415, 340; Varbanov 622. Near Very Fine.(23.62gr, 36mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Philip II AE 29mm of Zeugma, Commagene. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΖЄΥΓΜΑΤЄΩΝ, tetrastyle temple atop hill, with structures at base of hill and up either side; in exergue, capricorn to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 8196; Butcher 31c; SNG Copenhagen 35. 16.88gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 (AD 136/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hexastyle monumental altar (of Caesareum); within, veiled female figure (Eusebia?); above, pyre of burning pinecones; L KA (date) below. RPC III, 6145; Dattari (Savio) 1893; Emmett 910.21; K&G 32.727. 25.06gr, 34mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Augustus(?) AE 16mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[AVG?], bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. Cf. RPC I 1656; cf. SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); cf. Varbanov 3770. 3.54gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
