LOT 2955
Gordian III AE 27mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Struck AD 241-244. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, temple with four columns enclosing bust of Astarte wearing turreted crown and flanked on each side by cornucopiae and aquilae; on roof, Neptune abducting Beroe flanked by two Victories holding wreath; pellet in pediment; in exergue, lion advancing to right. RPC VII.2, 3558; BMC 236-9; SNG Copenhagen 122. Near Very Fine.(12.53gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4). Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 1.58gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word "Hemhem" means "to shout," "cry out," possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Struck AD 247. AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCIAC YΠΑ ΤΟ Γ, eagle with spread wings standing to left, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII online ID 29006; McAlee 923; Prieur 373. 12.82gr, 27mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 30mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, tetrastyle gateway with central arch surmounted by figure with raised right hand, riding lion or panther to right; below arch, figure of Marsyas standing to right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder. BMC 192; Rouvier 572. 17.27gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
