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LOT 3238
Faustina II AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust to right / ΓΑΔΑ[ΡЄ]-ΩΝ • ЄΚC, diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right. RPC IV.3, 6675 (temporary); Rosenberger 51; Sofaer 44; Spijkerman 49. Very Fine.(6.34gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 574, 6 November 2024, lot 265.
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LOT 3238
Faustina II AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Arabia, Petra AE 15mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / Crossed cornucopiae; ΠM monogram (Petra Metropolis) above. RPC III 4098A; Sofaer 2; Spijkerman 1; Hendin 894. 1.62gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 111, 24 August 2023, lot 491 (company's ticket included). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ, confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, to right, and Serapis, draped, to left / ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ-ΩΝ, Dionysus standing to left, holding kantharos over panther and long thyrsos; E (mark of value) to upper left. RPC VII.2, 1364; AMNG 1147. 13.64gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Philip II, as Caesar AE 26mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II and draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, facing one another / ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Demeter standing to left, holding ears of corn with poppy and long torch. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 48375; Karayotov 370-88. 12.14gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
