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LOT 2837
Elagabalus(?) AE 20mm of Phoenician mint, possibly Botrys. AD 218-222.
Laureate bust to right / Front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which deity standing, facing. Cf. RPC VI Online 8221 (temporary). Near Fine.(7.44gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2837
Elagabalus(?) AE 20mm of Phoenician mint, possibly Botrys.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE. Sebaste or Aelia Capitolina mint. Legio X Fretensis issue.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Flavian bust to right / Two c/m's over uncertain host coin: LXF (for Legio X Fretensis) above boar advancing to right within rectangular incuse and galley to right within rectangular incuse. Hendin 1609; for countermarks: Howgego 291 and 409. 10.94gr, 25mm.
Countermarks: Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 288/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[...]Λ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC [...], laureate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / Eusebia standing facing, head to left, sprinkling incense over altar on left and holding box; L Є (date) across field. Cf. RPC X Unassigned ID 76026. 7.11gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 63/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right, wearing archaic aegis / ΕTOYΣ BIP • I, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to right. RPC I 4189; McAlee 265b; Prieur 89. 15.06gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
