LOT 3456
Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 219.
ΑVΤ•Κ•Μ•Α•••ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right, with slight drapery / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ЄΞ•YΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ Β, eagle standing facing with spread wings, head to left, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields, star between legs. RPC VI Online 7959 (uncertain mint); McAlee 758; Prieur 249. Near Very Fine.(11.80gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 724.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3456
Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Severus Alexander AE 21mm, of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AY K CЄOV AΛЄΞANΔP, laureate head to right / MHTPO KAIC, three ears of grain bound together; date across lower fields. 6.22gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 286/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; star in right field, L-B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75959; Dattari (Savio) 5875; Emmett 4114. 6.14gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Julia Domna, Augusta AE 25mm of Iotape, Cilicia Trachea. AD 193-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ • C •, draped bust to right / ΙധΤΑΠЄΙΤ[ധ], Selene advancing to left, holding torch in each hand. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 69704; Levante, Iotape 14 = SNG Levante 450; SNG BnF -. 6.76gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Iotape was founded by the King Antiochos IV of Commagene, and he named the city in honor of his late sister-wife, Queen of Commagene Iotapa, who was queen from AD 38 until her death around AD 52.
