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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Nero AE 18mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 131 (AD 67/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head to right; c/m: male head(?) to right within incuse circle / Horse standing to left; [AΛP (date)] in exergue. Cf. RPC I, 4808; for c/m: Howgego 121. 6.78gr, 18mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I AE 25mm of Philomelium, Phrygia. AD 244-249. ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣ (Marcus, son of Nestor), archon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΝΕϹΤΟΡΟC ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕΩΝ, river-god Gallos reclining to left, holding cornucopia and reed with right hand, and resting left elbow on urn from which water flows. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 20688. 7.81gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE 23mm of Sepphoris, Judaea. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[TP]AIANOΣ AVTOKPATΩP EΔΩ[KEN], laureate head to right / Palm tree, ΣEΠΦΩ-PH-NΩN in two lines across. RPC III, 3937; Sofaer 2; Rosenberger 4; SNG ANS 1088-91. 8.89gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
