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LOT 3446
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.). [No Reserve]
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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Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Trichalkon. Dated year 104 of the Caesarean Era (AD 55/6). G. Ummidius Durmius Quadratus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ANTIOXEΩN, turreted and veiled bust of the Tyche of Antioch to right / ΕΠΙ ΚΟΥΑΔΡΑΤΟΥ, ram leaping to right, head turned to look back; above, star; below, ΔP (date). RPC I, 4286; BMC -; McAlee 100; SNG Copenhagen 99. 7.52gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus as Caesar, with Agrippa II AE 23mm of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 14 of Agrippa II's second era (AD 73/4).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
ΑΥΤΟ TI[TOC] KAICAP CЄΒ, laureate head to right / L IΔ (date) BA[...] AΓΡI-ΠΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. Cf. RPC II 2248; cf. Hendin 1303; cf. Meshorer 138. 14.36gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 224/225).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Athena seated to left, holding Nike with wreath and sceptre; beside throne, shield; L Δ (date) before. RPC VI Online 10269; Dattari 4285; Geissen 2420; Emmett 3095. 12.70gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
