LOT 3368
Elagabalus, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, BI Tetradrachm. AD 218-222.
AVT K M A ANΤWNЄINOC CЄB, laureate bust to r., slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO B, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head and tail to l. with wreath in beak; star between legs, Δ-Є across fields. Prieur 249; McAlee-758. Very Fine.(16.13gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 1292.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
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LOT 3368
Elagabalus, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, BI Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Septimius Severus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 201-203. ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ ΓΑΛΛΟΣ (Aurelius Gallus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AV • K • Λ • CЄΠ • CЄVHPOC • ΠE(ligate), laureate head to right / VΠA • AVP • ΓAΛΛOV • NEIKOΠOΛIT • ΠPOC • IC, Septimius Severus riding horse to right, spearing boar below. HH&J, Nicopolis 8.14.34.16; Varbanov 2617 var. (legends). 12.67gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ [...], laureate head to right / [ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ?], Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. Cf. RPC III 2618. 9.37gr, 23mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means ''of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support. -
Divus Augustus with Julia Augusta (Livia) AE Dupondius of Romula, Spain. Struck under Tiberius, AD 14-37.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Divus Augustus to right; star above and thunderbolt before / IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, laureate head of Livia to left set on globe; crescent above. RPC 1, 73; ACIB 3360; Vives 167-2; Ripolles 73; Chaves 12-210; GMI 1038-9; NAH 1060. 25.83gr, 36mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection.
