LOT 3488
Elagabalus AE 32mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 281 (AD 218).
[ΑΥΤ] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ[ΟϹ], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡΕWΝ A[Π]C (date), galley to left with rowers; at stern, navigator; at prow, figure standing and holding standard. RPC VI Online 9255; Spijkerman 85; Rosenberger 79; Sofaer 91. Near Very Fine. Dark brown patina.(16.87gr, 32mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 71/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L Δ (date) to right. RPC II 2434; Dattari (Savio) 383; K&G 20.34; Emmett 217.4. 9.74gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light brown patina. Scratch on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus, as Caesar, AE 25mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. AD 166-177.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche enthroned to left, holding phiale. RPC IV.1 Online 4243 (temporary); BMC 115. 10.65gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 733 (company's ticket included). Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 724 (company's ticket included). Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 390, 1 February 2017, lot 318 (company's ticket included). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Claudius AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 50/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ ϹЄΒΑϹ ΓЄΡΜΑ], laureate head to right; L IA (date) beneath chin / AVTO-KPA, bundle of four stalks of grain with winged caduceus. RPC I 5182; Köln 100; Dattari (Savio) 141; K&G 12.70; Emmett 78.11. 6.80gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Light brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
