LOT 2919
Galba AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 68-69.
Dated 'New Holy Year' 1(?) (AD 68). ΓAΛBAC KAICAP AYTOKPATΩP CEBACTOC, laureate head to right; star before / ETOYC NEOY IEP[OY A?], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, palm in left field. RPC I 4196; McAlee 305; Prieur 96. Good Very Fine. Toned.(15.49gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT K M [...] CЄB •, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC T : B •, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head and tail to left with wreath in beak; star between legs, Δ Є across fields. Cf. Prieur 272; cf. McAlee 763. 14.70gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Philip I AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, Fortuna standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopia, flanked by male figures each holding torch in upraised hand; all within billowing canopy held by two female figures on pedestal. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 6484; Sawaya series 43, 448-87. 13.88gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Antoninus Pius AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). ΑΥΤ Κ [Τ ΑΙΛ] ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / Serpent Agathodaemon erect to right, crowned with skhent; L H (date) across field. RPC IV.4 893.7 (this coin); Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 8918; K&G 35.289 var. (obv. legend); Emmett 1736.8. 10.16gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 563, 5 June 2024, lot 559. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 299, 27 March 2013, lot 336.
