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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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Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[ΑYΤΟΚΡ]ΑΤΩΡ Κ-ΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝ[...], laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right / ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ [...], laureate head of Lucius Verus to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 9261; cf. SNG Righetti 2108. 10.76gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M [...]TONIN, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PETA COLON, founder, raising his right hand and plowing with yoke of oxen to right. Cf. RPC VI Online 9377. 4.12gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
• ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙ • ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ • ϹЄ •, laureate head to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ • ЄΞ • ΥΠΑΤΟϹ • ΤΟ • Γ •, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head and tail to left, with wreath in beak; between legs, star. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 87425; Bellinger 65; McAlee 33; Amandry & Prieur 48; Prieur 1164. 12.54gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
