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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Divus Carus Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Died AD 283.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck under Carinus, circa AD 283-285. ΘЄധ ΚΑΡധ CЄΒ, laureate head to right / AΦIЄP-ധCIC, lit altar decorated with garland. Köln 3167-68; Dattari (Savio) 5570-71; K&G 113.5; Emmett 3995. 7.67gr, 20mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; L Λθ (date) across fields. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 1,99gr, 16mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Philip I AE 29mm of Damascus, Seleucis ad Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ΔAMAC METRO, nude Ambrosia standing facing, head to right, clasping vine tendrils, floral structure at feet from which vines emerge. RPC VIII unassigned ID 26786 (temporary). 16.74gr, 29mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
For more interpretations of the female figure on reverse, see G. Bijowski, "The myth of Daphne on a coin minted at Damascus," AJN 15 (2003), pp. 53-9 and K. Butcher, "Ambrosia in Damascus?," NC 170 (2010), pp. 85-91.
