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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Augustus AE As of Lepida-Celsa, Spain. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Gaius Pompeius and Gnaeus Domitius, duoviri. Struck circa 5-3 BC. IMP CAESAR • DIVI F AVGVSTVS COS XII, laureate head to right / C V I CEL CN DOMITIO C POMPEIO II VIR, bull standing to right. RPC I, 278. 9.83gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Titus, as Caesar, AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
TITOΣ KAIΣAP, laureate head right / ΓAΔAPЄΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, L ZΛP (date) above. RPC II 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 4.81gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Fifteen [15] Mixed Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Various rulers and cities. 77gr total.
Near Fine to Good Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s.
