LOT 3100
Gallienus AE 25mm of Coela, Thrace. AD 253-268.
IMP GALLIHN, laureate head right / AEL MVNICIP, she-wolf standing right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; COEL in exergue. Varbanov 2957. Near Very Fine.(10.91gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 54, 28 February 2019, lot 426 (company's ticket included).
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 284/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche reclining to left on garlanded couch, holding rudder and raising arm to head; L A (date) in upper left field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75893; Dattari (Savio) 5766; Emmett 4083.1. 7.91gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 31mm of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 187. ΚΑΙ. ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΣ (Caecilius Maternus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟ, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia. RPC IV.1, 7532 (temporary); Moushmov 178. 19.42gr, 31mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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): £20
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, to left / YΠ MHNOΦIΛOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; E (mark of value) in right field. RPC VII.2, 1394; AMNG 1142. 13.91gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
