LOT 3461
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck possibly AD 219.
AYT K M ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΔHMAP[X ЄΞ YΠA] TO B, eagle with spread wings, head and tail to right, standing facing and holding wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields; between legs, star. Cf. Prieur 266. Good Very Fine.(10.87gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3461
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, eagle standing to left, head to right; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5777; Emmett 4087.8. 6.63gr, 20mm,12h.
Very Fine. Olive green patina with brown highlights.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian AE 25mm of Mopsus, Cilicia. Dated CY 161(?) (AD 93/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΔOMЄTIA[NOC CЄ]BACTOC, laureate head to right / Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and leaning on tripod / [MOΨЄATΩN THC IЄPAC KAI ACYΛOY] to left, KAI A[YTO]NOM[OY] to right, [AΞP] date to outer right. RPC II 1741; SNG Levante 1326. 11.42gr, 25mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Export permit approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 713. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Cilicia, Mopsouestia-Mopsus AE 19mm. Dated CY 262 (AD 194/5). Time of Septimius Severus. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΑΔΡΙΑΝധΝ ΜΟΨΕΑΤധΝ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / ЄTOVC B-Ξ-C (date), altar on stand. RPC IV.3 25422.1 (temporary) = SNG Levante 1342. 5.48gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare. Best known specimen with clear date.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
