LOT 3345
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Anazarbus, Cilicia. AD 218-222.
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, radiate head to right / ANAZA-[P]B MHTP-O, octastyle temple, pellet in pediment; AMK (ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ) below. Cf. RPC VI Online 10855 = Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 61, 2011, 27,3. Near Very Fine. Reverse slightly off-centre. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(5.59gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Philip I AE 25mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS A, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ANTIOCHI CO-[LO]NI, Vexillum surmounted by eagle between two standards surmounted by eagles; S R between. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 3239. 9.22gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Faustina II AE 27mm of Neapolis, Judaea. Dated CY 88 (AD 159/60).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Draped bust to right / Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; ЄΤ ΠΗ (date) across field. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 10805. 9.76gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE 29mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 303 (AD 239/40).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AYTOK K MAΡ ANTW ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡЄWΝ, galley to left with captain, oarsmen, and steersman on deck; ΓT (date) below. RPC VII.2, 3625; SNG BnF 307. 13.92gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
