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LOT 2793
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 242.
AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β; eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to right, head to left. RPC VII.2 3520; Prieur 302; McAlee 874. Near Extremely Fine.(11.76gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Somerset, UK, private collector.
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LOT 2793
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Septimius Severus AE 24mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A K Λ ϹЄΠ [...]ΥΗ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡΙA ΠЄ-ΤΡΑ ΜΗΤ, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding small bust in extended right hand and trophy in left. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 93616. 8.90gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited by RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 286/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; star in right field, L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75959; Dattari (Savio) 5875; Emmett 4114.2. 6.53gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian and Vabalathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 of Aurelian & RY 5 of Vabalathus (August AD 271 - March AD 272).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Λ Δ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; L B (date) across fields / Ι Α Ϲ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝΟ Υ ΑΥΤ Ϲ Ρധ, laureate, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75753; Köln 3058-62; Dattari (Savio) 5424 corr. (obv. legend); K&G 106.71; Emmett 3914. 9.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
