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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Mysia, Germe AE 16mm. Circa AD 100-150. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΙЄΡΑ ϹVΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟ, draped male bust of the Senate to right / ΓЄΡΜΗ-[ΝΩΝ], laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right; in front, laurel-branch. RPC III, 1771; BMC 1, pl. XVI, 1. 2.59gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar BI Tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina, Judaea. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
[Μ Ο]Π ΑΝΤധΝ ΚΑΙ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ, eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head and tail to right, with wings spread and holding wreath in beak; wine jug between legs. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 83645; Bellinger 360; Meshorer 100; Prieur 1649. 12.30gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited on RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero, with Tiberius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ]Σ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV, radiate head of Nero to left, wearing aegis; [L] ΙΓ (date) to left / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑP, laureate head of Tiberius to right. RPC I, 5295; Dattari 185; Geissen 187-189. 12.26gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
