LOT 3384
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Illegible inscription, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / T-VRI-ORV-[M], hexastyle temple within stands Astarte erecting trophy, behind her, Nike standing on short column, placing wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. Cf. RPC VI, 8623 (temporary). Near Very Fine.(14.48gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[ΑYΤΟΚΡ]ΑΤΩΡ Κ-ΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝ[...], laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right / ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ [...], laureate head of Lucius Verus to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 9261; cf. SNG Righetti 2108. 10.76gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Augustus AE 21mm. Dated RY 16 of Herod IV (12/13 CE). Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ], laureate head of Augustus to right; c/m: Φ within incuse circle / [ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ] (retrograde), tetrastyle Augusteum of Panias; [L Iς(?) (date)] between columns. Cf. RPC I, 4942; cf. Meshorer 99; cf. Hendin 1223; cf. Sofaer 126. 8.75gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Aizanis, Psuedo-Autonomous, Time of Claudius AE 16mm. AD 41-54.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AIZANITΩN, draped bust of Artemis right, with arrow over shoulder / ΘЄΩN CVNKΛHTΩN, draped bust of the Senate right. RPC I 3106; BMC 5. 3.51gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
