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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Nero AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81/3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP DOMITIA-[NVS] CAES AVG, laureate head of Domitian to right / S C within laurel wreath; below, Η. RPC II, 2021h; McAlee 407h. 13.09gr, 28mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Tabala AE 20mm. Circa AD 190-220. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΔΗΜΟϹ, head of Demos to right, wearing taenia / ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing, with supports. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 77023; GRPC Lydia 11; Hochard 2351f-k; Martin Demos Kame xxx. 4.77gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Phrygia, Prymnessus AE 25mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IЄPA • CYN-KΛHTOC, draped bust of the Roman Senate to right / ΠΡVΜΝ-ΗϹϹЄ[ΩΝ], Cybele seated to left on throne, holding her right hand above forepart of lion to left and leaning left on tympanon. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 27262; Von Aulock, Phrygien II, 895-904. 7.49gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
