LOT 3130
Elagabalus and Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ (Iulius Antonius Seleukos), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ, confronted busts of Elagabalus to right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Julia Maesa to left, draped and wearing stephane / ΥΠ ΙƔΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (AP and ΩN ligate), Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; E (mark of value) to right. RPC VI, 1442 (temporary); AMNG 935-6; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.1.1-3. Near Very Fine.(15.49gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3130
Elagabalus and Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Elagabalus, with Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ (Julius Antonius Seleukus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ IOVΛIA MAECA AVΓ (NE ligate), laureate head of Elagabalus and draped bust of Julia Maesa, wearing stephane, facing one another / VΠ IᏌΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN (ΩΝ ligate), Sarapis standing facing, head to left, holding long sceptre and raising right hand; E (mark of value) in left field. RPC VI, 1434 (temporary); AMNG 937-8; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.6.3-4. 13.18gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. Struck AD 210-211. ΦΛ. ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΟΣ (Flavius Ulpianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / V ΦΛ ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟC I, Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. AMNG I 1579 var. (bust); Varbanov 3137 var. (same). 13.19gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 111/112).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, with drapery on far shoulder / Trajan, holding sceptre and branch, driving quadriga of elephants to right; L IE (date) above. RPC III, 4605.2; Dattari (Savio) 6936. 26.15gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
