LOT 3174
Faustina I AE Assarion of Pessinus, Galatia. AD 138-140/1.
ΦΑΥСΤЄΙΝΑ СЄΒΑСΤΗ,draped bust to right / ΠЄССΙΝOΥΝΤΙΩΝ, draped bust of Serapis wearing kalathos to left. RPC IV.3, 10686 (temporary); Devreker -. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.(4.85gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a UK gallery.
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Elagabalus AE 29mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: bust or Herakles-Melkarth to right / SEPTIM TVRO COLO, Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre and resting on trophy on her right, crowned by Nike standing on small column to left, on her left; at her feet, to left, small Marsyas standing to right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand; to right, murex shell. RPC VI, 8674 (temporary); BMC 390; for countermark: GIG 15. 12.96gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE Dichalkon. Dated year 25 (7/6 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right / ANTIOXEΩN MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ AYTONOMOY, tripod; E-K (date) across field; all within wreath. RPC I, 4243; McAlee 89. 4.85gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 22mm of Sepphoris, Judaea. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
TPAIANOΣ AVTOKPATΩP EΔΩKEN, laureate head to right / Palm tree, ΣEΠΦΩ-PH-NΩN in two lines across. RPC III 3937; Sofaer 2; Rosenberger 4; SNG ANS 1088-91. 8.61gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
