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LOT 2836
Elagabalus AE 18mm of Rhesaena, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
ANTധNI[...], laureate head to right / Sagittarius advancing to right, holding bow and rawing arrow from quiver on shoulder, Δ below. RPC VI Online 7906 (temporary); Lindgren 2614. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online.(4.13gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Domitian AE 23mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Struck circa 83 CE. Judaea Capta issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[DOMITIANVS CAES AVG GERMANICVS IMP], laureate head to left / Athena-Minerva standing to left, supporting trophy and holding spear and shield. RPC II, 2305; Hendin GBC 6, 6482; Hendin GBC 5, 1455; TJC 392; Sofaer 27-9. 10.56gr, 23mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 of Antoninus Pius (AD 153/4)
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
[Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / Hawk standing to right, crowned with skhent; L I-Z (date) across fields. RPC IV.4, 1630; Dattari (Savio) 9074. 3.53gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only four examples cited on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip II AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 248.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, eagle standing to left, with spreading wings and holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 28990; McAlee 1043; Prieur 473. 12.86, 26mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
