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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Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / [COL IVL AVG FEL I O M H COL HEL (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Iupiter Optimus Maximus Colonia Heliopolitana)], view of the propylaeum (entrance) of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus; a flight of steps with a pedestal at each end leads to a portico of twelve columns with a tower at each end and cypress tree beneath central arch. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 6514; Sawaya series 51, 570-9. 13.22gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head to right / [ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΥΠΡΙΩΝ], temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 92. 15.59gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE 34mm of Koinon of Bithynia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ, bareheaded and draped bust to left / ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑС, octastyle temple; prow in exergue. RPC III, 1019; BMC 19. 24.09gr, 34mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
