LOT 2760
Group of Fifteen [15] Mixed Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Various rulers and cities. Near Fine to Good Very Fine.(77gr total.). [15]
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent.
From a private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 2760
Group of Fifteen [15] Mixed Ancient AE Coins.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Philip II AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 9.04gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 14 of Valerian I and Gallienus (AD 266/7). KOPNHΛΙΑ CAΛധNЄINA CЄB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / Eagle standing to left, wreath in beak; in right field, palm branch, in left field, L IΔ (date). Köln 2977-8; Dattari (Savio) 5345; K&G 91.44; Emmett 3853.14. 8.13gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 1 (AD 69).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥЄΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ЄΤΟΥΣ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Α (date), eagle standing to right on thunderbolt; palm branch in right field. RPC II 1936; Prieur 103; McAlee 324. 15.52gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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