LOT 3462
Elagabalus AE 19mm of Adraa, Arabia. AD 218-222.
AV KЄCAP ANTWNINO, laureate head to right / ΤΥΧ • A-ΔΡΗΝW •, Tyche of the City(?) standing to right, holding cornucopia and long sceptre and placing foot on river god swimming to right. RPC VI Online 9236 corr.; Spijkerman 14 var. (legends). Very Fine.(5.62gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 271/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑVΤ Κ Λ Δ ΑVΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L B across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75642. 8.39gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Dichalkon. Dated year 117(?) of the Caesarean Era (AD 68/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Apollo to right, wearing tainia / Laurel branch; ET [Z?]IP (date) around. Cf. RPC I, 4323; cf. McAlee 116(b). 2.89gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 76-77.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC CЄΒΑ, laureate head to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left. RPC II, 1659; Ganschow 71; SNG von Aulock 6362. 1.59gr, 15mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
