LOT 2995
Lucius Verus AE 31mm of Abila, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Uncertain CY date. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛΗΝധΝ Ι Α Α Γ [ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ...], Tyche of Abila, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; all within central arch of distyle temple façade; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3892 (temporary) (1 example); Spijkerman -. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(18.18gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE 25mm of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ(ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AΔPIANOΠ-OΛЄITΩN, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and branch. Youroukova 515; Varbanov 3709 corr. (obv. legend). 9.91gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 31mm of Abila, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Uncertain CY date. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛΗΝധΝ Ι Α Α Γ [ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ...], Tyche of Abila, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; all within central arch of distyle temple façade; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3892 (temporary) (1 example); Spijkerman -. 18.18gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Soaemias, Augusta AE 25mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IVLIA S[...]; draped bust to right / COL AVR PIA [METRO] SID, carriage of Astarte on two wheels with four columns supporting roof; above, two palms to left and right; baetyl within. Cf. RPC VI, 8514-6 (temporary). 10.79gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
