LOT 3347
Lucius Verus AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-169.
ΑΥΤO Λ OΥΗΡOϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΚ-ΥΡΑϹ, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC IV.3 Online 9787 = Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, GR 19738 (Ankyra in Phrygia). Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(4.12gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 69/70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑ[ΝΟΥ], laureate head to right; L B (date) before / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝ]-ΔΡΕΙΑ, Alexandria standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress, holding wreath in her right hand and sceptre in her left. RPC II, 2414; Dattari (Savio) 354; Emmett 202.2; K&G 20.13. 6.98gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Faustina II AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust to right / ΓΑΔΑ[ΡЄ]-ΩΝ • ЄΚC, diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right. RPC IV.3, 6675 (temporary); Rosenberger 51; Sofaer 44; Spijkerman 49. 6.34gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 574, 6 November 2024, lot 265. -
Julia Domna AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Cotiaeum, Phrygia. AD 193-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IOYΛIA CЄBACTH, draped bust to right / KO[TI]-AЄΩN, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left. SNG Copenhagen 325; BMC 46. 6.00gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
