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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Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 247-249. ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, statue of Tyche seated facing, with ram leaping to right above and river-god swimming to right below, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. 11.41gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Domitian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 12 (AD 92/3). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΘЄΟ ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopia, on back of crocodile to right, below lotus flowers and water; L IB (date) above. RPC II 2673; Dattari (Savio) 522. 10.65gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection.
