LOT 2994
Lucius Verus AE 25mm of Abila, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Dated CY 230 (166/7 BC). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙСΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟС, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / СЄ ΑΒΙΛΗΝധΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ СΥ, Hercules, nude, seated on rock to left, holding onto club set on ground; ΛС (date) in exergue. RPC IV Online 6514 (temporary); Spijkerman 11; Rosenberger 12; Sofaer 13. Near Very Fine.(10.77gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £33
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 222-235.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
AYT K M A C ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHT KOΛ ЄΔЄϹCHΝΩN, the Tyche of Edessa seated to left on rock, holding ears of grain; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VI 7852 (temporary) var. (obverse legend). 6.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Lydia, Sardeis AE 15mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΤΙ. ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΜΝΑΣΕΑΣ (Ti. Claudius Mnaseas), strategos. Struck circa AD 65. Pseudo-autonomous issue. ЄΠI TI MNACЄOY CAPΔIANΩN, laurate head of Herakles to right, with lion's skin draped around his neck / CЄΒΑCΤΗ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left. RPC I 3010; GRPC Lydia 264; SNG Copenhagen 504. 2.23gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
