LOT 2956
Gordian III AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding nebris over shoulder, rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing to left, head to right. RPC VII.2, 3551; BMC 245; SNG Copenhagen 125. Near Very Fine.(8.13gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2956
Gordian III AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT K M [...] CЄB •, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC T : B •, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head and tail to left with wreath in beak; star between legs, Δ Є across fields. Cf. Prieur 272; cf. McAlee 763. 14.70gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Augustus AE 21mm of Chalcis ad Belum, Seleucis and Pieria. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΖΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ, ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Zenodoros, tetrarch and archiereus). Dated SE [2]86 (27/6 BC). ΖΗ[ΝΟΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧ]ΗΡΕΩΣ, bare head of Zenodoros to left / L [ΖΠ (date)] ΝΕ ΚΑΙ, bare head of Augustus to right; uncertain countermark. RPC I 4775; BMC 7; SNG Copenhagen 417. 6.61gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 19mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated RY 18(?) of the second era of Agrippa II (77/8CE). [ΔOMITIANOC] KAICAP, laureate head to right / Nike-Victory standing to right, foot on helmet, inscribing shield resting upon knee. Cf. RPC II 2256; cf. Meshorer 144; cf. Hendin 1309. 5.27gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
