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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Severus Alexander AE 36mm of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 222-235. Marcus Vinicius Polites, strategos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
ΑY Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄY ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ • ΠΡΩ • ΑϹΙ • Γ ΝЄΩ • Τ-ΩΝ • ϹЄΒ ЄΠ Ϲ • ΠΟΛЄΙΤΟΥ, Cybele seated on throne to left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 4680; Klose 3. 21.86gr, 36mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (CE 54). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[NEPധ KΛAY] KAICAP, two crossed shields over two crossed spears / B[PIT] above, K-A[I] and L [IΔ] (date) across field; palm tree. RPC I, 4971; Meshorer 340; Hendin 6377. 1.88gr, 16mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AVT K M A ANTWNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC TO B, eagle standing left, head to left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; Δ - Є across field, star between legs. Cf. RPC VI Online 7959. 12.22gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
