LOT 3485
Elagabalus AE 31mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 282 (AD 218/9).
ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛΗ-ΝWΝ Κ Ϲ ΙЄ Α[ϹΥ], lighted altar within hexastyle temple with arched central bay set on steps; pediment surmounted by Nike; on either side, crenellated multistory towers, each with arched entryway; BΠ-C (date) above. RPC VI 9242 (temporary); Spijkerman 25; Rosenberger 21; Sofaer -. Very Fine. Light green and brown patina.(16.59gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 63/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right, wearing archaic aegis / ΕTOYΣ BIP • I, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to right. RPC I 4189; McAlee 265b; Prieur 89. 15.06gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹV ΑΝϹ, Tyche, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche; all within central arch of distyle temple façade. RPC IV.3, 6516 (temporary); Spijkerman 12; Rosenberger 14; Sofaer 14. 15.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 14mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Draped male bust to left; ΠΑ before / Bull standing to right, head facing; above, sun and crescent. De Saulcy p. 61, 8 var. (confronted busts on obverse); Krzyzanowska -. 1.73gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
