LOT 2620
Kings of Thrace. Rhoemetalkes I, with Augustus AE 20mm. Circa 11 BC-AD 12.
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOΥ, diademed bust of Rhoemetalkes to right / KAIΣAΡO-Σ ΣEBA[ΣTOΥ], bare head of Augustus to right. RPC I, 1718; Youroukova 194-200. Very Fine.(4.75gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Domitian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 12 (AD 92/3). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΘЄΟ ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopia, on back of crocodile to right, below lotus flowers and water; L IB (date) above. RPC II 2673; Dattari (Savio) 522. 10.65gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Gordian III AE 'Sestertius' of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind / CAES ANTIOCH COL, Gordian on horseback galloping to right, about to spear lion running to left below; S R below. RPC VII.2 2716. 19.83gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pisidia, Antioch AE 16mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Pseudo-autonomous issue. AN-TI-OCH, draped bust of Hermes to right, with head assimilated to portrait of youthful Commodus; caduceus over shoulder / COLO-NIAE, garlanded altar. RPC IV.3, 7376 (temporary). 2.06gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
