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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Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated RY 2 (AD 276/7). A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis standing to left, holding flower and raising hem of dress; L B (date) in left field. Köln 3128; Dattari (Savio) 5533; K&G 112.8; Emmett 3987. 7.50gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus AE 28mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Struck AD 253-260. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL IVL AVG FEL BER (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus), Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding long cruciform sceptre and aphlaston, crowned by Nike standing left on column. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 62829; Rouvier 612-4. 17.36gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 21mm. Time of Augustus to Tiberius (27 BC-AD 37).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Struck circa 10 BC-AD 18. Europa on bull to left; ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ and [date] below / Altar before tetrastyle temple with tall podium. Cf. RPC I 4568-71. 6.41gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
