LOT 3422
Elagabalus 22mm of Esbus, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
AVT C M AVP ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing to left within tetrastyle temple, with arcuated lintel, holding sceptre with left hand and small bust with right, right foot on bull's head (or prow); A-V above wings, [ЄC]BOVC in exergue. RPC VI, 9345.13 (temporary) (this coin); Rosenberger 3 (Tyche holds phiale and her foot on river-god); Sofaer 4-5. Near Very Fine. Rare. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).(9.93gr, 22mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E-auction 531, 25 January 2023, lot 659.
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Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, diademed and draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC Arabia 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. 9.88gr, 27mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Domitian AE 19mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΚΑΙ, laureate head to right / ΙΠΠΗ-ΝΩ, horse standing to left; [monogram of AT to left]. RPC II, 2105; Spijkerman 5; Sofaer 10. 4.54gr, 19mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea Capta. Titus, as Caesar AE 21mm of Caesarea Maritima. 69-79 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ [ΤΙΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ]ΣΑΡ, laureate head to right / ΙΟΥΔΑΙΑΣ ΕΑΛ-[ꟽΚΥΙΑΣ], Nike standing to right, resting left foot on helmet, inscribing shield attached to palm tree. RPC II, 2311; Meshorer 381; Hendin 6473; Sofaer 2. 6.91gr, 21mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
