LOT 3366
Geta AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 208-212.
AYT • KAI • ΓЄTAC : CЄ • B •, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ • VΠA • TO • B •, eagle standing to left on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 210; McAlee 719. Near Extremely Fine.(13.43gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Faustina II AE 27mm of Neapolis, Judaea. Dated CY 88 (AD 159/60).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄ ϹЄΒ ΘΥΓΑ, draped bust to right / ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ ΠΟΛЄധC ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑΛЄϹT, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; ЄΤ ΠΗ (date) across field. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 10805. 12.51gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 22mm of Satala, Armenia AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[IMP CAES COMMODO AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / LEG XV, three military standards; the middle one surmounted by eagle on thunderbolt. RPC IV.3 Online 10431; Fox, Tale Cm-C1a; Dandrow, Satala Type II. 5.14gr, 22mm, 4h.
Good Fine. Extremely rare; only three examples cited by RPC Online and one example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Dated CY 227 (AD 117). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Wreathed head of young Dionysos to right / ΣΙΔΩΝΟ ΘΕΑΣ, cista mystica; ZKΣ (date) above; all within ivy wreath. RPC III, 3873; Rouvier 1437. 4.93gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
