LOT 3383
Geta BI Tetradrachm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 209-211.
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΓЄΤΑϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Β •, eagle standing facing on club, head and tail to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex between legs. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 81871; Bellinger 300; Prieur 1537. Near Extremely Fine.(13.12gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 134/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT KAIC TΡAIAN ΑΔΡIANOC CЄΒ, laureate head to left, with slight drapery(?) on his right shoulder / L ЄΝΝЄΑ Κ Δ (date), draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos. RPC III 5943; Dattari (Savio) 1465; K&G 32.621; Emmett 889.19. 5.65gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Faustina II AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. 6.34gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From 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. -
Divus Septimius Severus AE 25mm of Heliopolis, Coele. AD 211-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from front / I O M H COL HE[L?] (Iupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus colonia Heliopolitana), aerial perspective view of the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84889; Sawaya 410-420. 10.59gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Earthen brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
