LOT 3129
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.
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. Near Very Fine.(13.18gr, 28mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3129
Elagabalus, with Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. Struck AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Trajan AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 102-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK, laureate head right / S C, within laurel wreath; Z below. McAlee 487g; BMC 278. 10.35gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins. Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 26mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
MAP IOVΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bare head of Philip II and draped bust of Serapis wearing kalathos, facing one another / MECAMBPIANΩN, Demeter standing to left, holding patera and long torch. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 48444; Karayotov 476-8. 11.66gr, 26mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
