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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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. -
Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Titus AE 8 Units. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 26 of the first era of Agrippa II (74/5 CE). AYTOKP TITOC [KAI]CAP CEBAC, laureate head to right / ETO Kς (date) BA [AΓPΙΠΠA], Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath; crescent above. RPC II, 2277; Hendin 6314b; Sofaer 229. 11.68gr, 24mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE 17mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[...]ധVIᏌPC(sic), laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡOΠ, crescent surmounted by eight-rayed star. RPC IV.3, 6625 (temporary); Sofaer 16; Spijkerman 18. 3.55gr, 17mm, 6h
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
