LOT 3332
Faustina II AE 20mm of Alia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 150-161. ΓΑΪΟΣ ΑΣΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΓΡΕΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΣ (Gaius Asinius Agreus Philopappos), archiereus/asiarch.
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ, draped bust to right / ΑΓΡЄΥϹ ΑΡΧΙЄ-ΡΑΤЄ [ΑΛΙΗΝΟΙϹ], Aphrodite standing facing, nude, head to left, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand; to left at her feet, uncertain object (column or tree trunk). RPC IV.2 Online 1762; von Aulock Phrygiens I, 78-9; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 195, no. 5. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.(4.81gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Elagabalus, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, BI Tetradrachm. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. 16.13gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 1292. Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Gordian III AE 25mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 241).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / M-Η TPOΠ KA[I] CAΡIAC ЄNTIX B N Є ЄT Δ, view of Mount Argaeus; all within wreath. RPC VII.2, 3335; Ganschow 888e; Bland 1996, 148. 9.86gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 25 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 184/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤƱ CЄΒ ЄΥCЄΒ, laureate head to right / Bust of Nilus to right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds and with slight drapery on his left and cornucopiae on his right shoulder; L K-Є across field. RPC IV.4, 3464; Köln 2222; Dattari (Savio) 9580-1; K&G 41.60; Emmett 2552.25. 10.35gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
