LOT 3418
Elagabalus AE 24mm of Orthosia, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Dated CY 531(?) (AD 219/220). ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ, radiate and cuirassed bust to right; cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion / ΟΡΘധϹΙЄധΝ ΑΛΦ(?) (date), Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lions(?) with horns. RPC VI, 8243 (temporary). Near Very Fine. Very rare; only two other examples cited by RPC Online.(10.40gr, 24mm, 1h).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Vespasian AE 24mm of Caesarea Panias. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Dated RY 18 (78/9 CE). [ΑYΤΟΚΡΑ ΟYΕϹΠΑ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟV ΗΙ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing to left, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II, 2254; Meshorer 142; Hendin 6337; Sofaer 195. 10.58gr, 24mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Beautiful yellow-green patina.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 29mm of Amaseia, Pontus. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated CY 209 (AD 207/8). AY KAI M AYP ANTΩ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡ CЄY AN AMA-[...] NЄ ΠΡ ΠO, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; ЄT CΘ across fields, star to right. Lindgren I 15 var. (star to left); cf. RG 68. 14.50gr, 29mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck AD 247-9. AYTOK K M IOVΛI [ΦIΛI]ΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, seen from rear, holding spear pointing forward and shield on left arm decorated with quadriga / IOV CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, temple with arched pediment and six columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3020. 11.12gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine - Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
