LOT 3146
Elagabalus AE 15mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222.
AV K M AVPH [ANTΩNINOC], laureate head right / [NIKOΠ]OΛITΩΝ ΠPOC [IC]TPON, lion standing right. Varbanov 3853. Very Fine.(2.55gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Baldwins (company's ticket included).
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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LOT 3146
Elagabalus AE 15mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Severus Alexander AE Assarion of Bostra, Arabia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COLONIA BOSTRA, Marsyas standing right, raising right hand and holding wineskin over shoulder with left. Kindler 37; Spijkerman 49. 4.66gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 18mm. Dated year 177 (AD 128/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, head of Zeus to right wearing taenia / ЄT ZOP (date), Boule of Antioch seated to left, dropping voting pebble into urn; B to left. RPC III, 3739; CRS 272; McAlee 126(b). 5.40gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only three specimens recorded by RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211. ΑΥΡ. ΓΑΛΛΟC (Aurelius Gallus), legatus consularis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AV • K • Λ • CЄ CЄVHPOC Π, laureate head to right / VΠ • AVP ΓAΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛIT ΠPOC I (ΠΡ ligate), Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Varbanov 2607 var. (legends). 13.09gr, 27mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
