LOT 3008
Elagabalus AE 19mm of Charachmoba, Arabia. AD 218-222.
[Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤW]ΝΙΝΟ, laureate head to right; star before / XA-PAX-[...], platform with steps leading up to it, on which is column flanked by baetyls; to right, priest seated to left. Cf. RPC VI, 9365 (temporary); cf. Rosenberger 2; Sofaer 3 var. (bust). Near Very Fine.(6.32gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trebonianus Gallus AE Octassarion or 8 Assaria of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Tyche seated facing, with river-god Orontes at feet, within portable tetrastyle shrine; above, ram leaping to right, head to left; Δ Є across upper fields, S C below. RPC IX 1851; McAlee 1181. 17.77gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Nilus seated to left on rock, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; below, crocodile to right; L Iς (date) in two lines to left. RPC III 5791; Dattari (Savio) 1794; K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. 26.75gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Soaemias, Augusta AE 25mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IVLIA S[...]; draped bust to right / COL AVR PIA [METRO] SID, carriage of Astarte on two wheels with four columns supporting roof; above, two palms to left and right; baetyl within. Cf. RPC VI, 8514-6 (temporary). 10.79gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
