LOT 3181
Gordian III AE 18mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244.
[M ANT Γ]ΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC AVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / N I K A [IEΩN], four legionary standards; the centre two topped with capricorns(?), the outer two, topped with crowns. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1968; cf. Rec Gen 715. Very Fine.(3.33gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Marcus Aurelius and Luvius Verus AE 29mm of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Judaea. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IMP CAES ANToNINo [ET VERo AVG], confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / CoL AEL CAP, Tyche-Astarte standing to left, foot on uncertain object, holding bust and sceptre, within tetrastyle temple façade with central arch. RPC IV.3, 6413 (temporary); Meshorer, Aelia 52; Rosenberger -; Sofaer 51. 17.09gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pisidia, Termessus Major AE 26mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΤЄΡΜΗCCЄΩΝ, bareheaded and draped bust of Hermes to right, caduceus over shoulder / ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΩΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding eagle and long sceptre. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 73274.4 (this coin); SNG BnF 2179. 6.02gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Ex TimeLine Auctions, 6 December 2016, lot 2933 and 21 February 2017, lot 3024. -
Augustus AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CAESAR, laureate head to right / Dolphin entwined around trident; all within wreath. RPC I, 4536; Rouvier 486; Sawaya 136-146. 8.50gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
