LOT 2825
Elagabalus AE 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
AVT K MAP AVPH ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head to right / ANTIOXEΩN MHTPO KO, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding grain ears; river-god Orontes swimming left below, ram running left above, Δ-E and S-C across fields. RPC VI, 30603 (temporary). Very Fine. Very rare; only one example cited by Roman Provincial Coinage Online.(17.49gr, 33mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Gordian III AE 'Sestertius' of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind / CAES ANTIOCH COL, Gordian on horseback galloping to right, about to spear lion running to left below; S R below. RPC VII.2 2716. 19.83gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 63/4). NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕTOYΣ BIP • I, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to right. McAlee 265b; Prieur 89; RPC I 4189. 15.38gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 351-355. 3rd officina. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, helmeted soldier to left, spearing fallen horseman below; shield on ground to right; Γ in upper left field, • SMNS in exergue. RIC VIII 86 var. (headwear). 5.72gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
