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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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Commodus AE Diassarion of Gabala, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated CY 233 (AD 186/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙCAP Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / ΓΑΒΑΛЄⲰΝ, ΔC ΓΛC KT, on the left, owl standing to right on globe, head facing; on the right, sphinx seated to left on base. BMC 8; RPC IV.3 online 5788. 8.34gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing ram's horn with solar disk and uraei; date in field. Cf. RPC IV.4 Online 1517 (dated RY 17). 22.85gr, 33mm, 12h.
Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 20mm. Dated SE 293 (20/19 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAMEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; ΓꟼΣ (date) downwards in inner left field. DCA 413. 6.26gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
