LOT 3417
Gordian III AE 23mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Struck circa AD 239-241. 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. Very Fine.(8.86gr, 23mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Elagabalus AE 24mm of Orthosia, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Dated CY 531(?) (AD 219/220). ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ, radiate and cuirassed bust to right; cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion / ΟΡΘധϹΙЄധΝ ΑΛΦ(?) (date), Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lions(?) with horns. RPC VI, 8243 (temporary). 10.40gr, 24mm, 1h
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only two other examples cited by RPC Online.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; L Λθ (date) across fields. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 1,99gr, 16mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Macrinus AE 23mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
IMP C M OPE SEVE MACRINVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. Unpublished in the standard references, including BMC, SNG BnF, SNG von Aulock and Copenhagen. 5.95gr, 23mm, 2h
Very Fine. Black patina. Unpublished with this obverse legend.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
