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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Macrinus AE 21mm of Byblus, Phoenicia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
AVT KAI MAKPINOC CЄB, laureate head to right / IЄPAC BVBΛOV, Isis Pharia standing to right on raft, holding inflated sail. BMC 39; SNG Copenhagen 143; Lindgren I, 2283. 6.32gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Claudius AE 24mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 41-54.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
[TI CLAVD C]AESAR AVG • GERM • IMP, bare head to right / COL • IVL, founder plowing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 4545; Sawaya 374-82 var. (D79/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier 507. 14.10gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £17
Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing facing, head to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75901; Dattari (Savio) 5622; Emmett 4025. 7.73gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
