LOT 3098
Gallienus AE 30mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 253-268.
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AV, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL TV-RO ME, shrine with four columns and arcuated lintel; within, bust of Astarte to right; below, two carrying-poles projecting from front of base and murex shell. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 86131 corr. (bust not draped); BMC Phoenicia 478; Rouvier 2522 var. (laureate bust). Near Very Fine. Very rare; only two examples on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(14.19gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Gaba AE 11mm. Time of Domitian, AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Dated Year 142 (AD 83/4). Tetrastyle temple with pediment; ΓΑΒΗ below / Palm branch; ΡΜ-Β (date) across fields. RPC II 2241; Rosenberger I, 7. 1.36gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Of the highest rarity; only three examples cited by RPC and only one example on CoinArchives (Numismatica Ars Classica 64, 1912).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus AE 24mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Dated CY 123 (AD 12/13). Laureate head to right, aphlaston before / Bull running to left, upon which sits Europa, who holds her veil and horn of bull; ΣΙΔΩΝ L ΓΚΡ (date) below. RPC -; Rouvier -; BMC Phoenicia -. 7.91gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variety.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 85, 19 November 2023, lot 218. -
Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
1st officina. AVT K Γ MЄ KY TPAIANOC ΔЄKIOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind; one pellet beneath bust / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing to left on palm, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC IX 1690; McAlee 1135a; Prieur 590. 13.13gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Twickenham collection, UK.
