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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Lydia, Maeonia AE 19mm. Time of Trajan Decius, AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Branching vine with large trunk and two grape bunches / MAIO-NΩN, Hercules standing facing, head to right, holding cornucopia and lion skin with his right hand, and leaning his left on club. RPC IX -; GRPC Lydia, 72; SNG Hunterian 1989. 3.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare. Dark brown patina with orange-sandy highlights. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tiberius AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Dated CY 92 (AD 28/9). TIBЄPIധ KAICAPI, bare head to right / ΓAΔAPEIC, veiled head of Tyche to right; L ЧB (date) behind. RPC I 4812; Spijkerman 11; Rosenberger 15; SNG ANS 1291. 6.08gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE 26mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
[...]CRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL FL [...] C CAESAR, Tyche standing facing within tetrastyle temple, holding bust and sceptre, resting foot on harbour-god; small figures between columns. Cf. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 69876; cf. SNG ANS 799; Sofaer -; BMC -. 12.24gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant of a very rare issue of Caesarea Maritima.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
