LOT 2954
Elagabalus AE 30mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, tetrastyle gateway with central arch surmounted by figure with raised right hand, riding lion or panther to right; below arch, figure of Marsyas standing to right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder. BMC 192; Rouvier 572. Very Fine.(17.27gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Gordian III AE 27mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Struck AD 241-244. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, temple with four columns enclosing bust of Astarte wearing turreted crown and flanked on each side by cornucopiae and aquilae; on roof, Neptune abducting Beroe flanked by two Victories holding wreath; pellet in pediment; in exergue, lion advancing to right. RPC VII.2, 3558; BMC 236-9; SNG Copenhagen 122. 12.53gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Isis enthroned to right, crowned with horns and solar disc, suckling the infant Harpokrates, crowned with skhent, holding lotus flower; on back of throne, hawk at each corner; L Iϛ (date) across field. RPC III 5813; Köln 1046 var. (date placement); (Savio) 1749 var. (same); K&G 32.530; Emmett 1138.16. 7.31gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lucius Verus AE 25mm of Abila, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Dated CY 230 (166/7 BC). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙСΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟС, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / СЄ ΑΒΙΛΗΝധΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ СΥ, Hercules, nude, seated on rock to left, holding onto club set on ground; ΛС (date) in exergue. RPC IV Online 6514 (temporary); Spijkerman 11; Rosenberger 12; Sofaer 13. 10.77gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
