LOT 3312
Macedon, Philippi AE 21mm. Time of Claudius to Nero, circa AD 48-61. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Victory standing to left on base, holding wreath and palm; VIC AVG across fields / COHOR PRAE PHIL, three standards. RPC I, 1651; BMC 23; SNG ANS 675-681; SNG Copenhagen 305. Very Fine.(3.95gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesFought between Brutus and his Republican allies against Marc Antony and Octavian in 42 BC, the Battle of Philippi was a decisive victory for the Second Triumvirate but did not end the Civil Wars, which continued for a further twelve years. Dated to the reigns of Claudius or Nero due to the fabric of the issue (copper not being used in Macedon before this time), this coin commemorates the battle and the settlement of veterans from the Praetorian Cohort at Philippi.
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Poppaea, Augusta AE 16mm of Akmoneia, Phrygia. AD 62. ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝ ΑΡΧΩΝ and ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑ (Servenius Capito, Archon and Julia Severa).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ CΕΒΑCΤH, draped bust of Poppaea to right, wearing wreath of grain ears; on shoulder, lion / CΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟC ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑC CΕΟΥΗΡΑC around, ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ upwards to right, ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ (ligate) in fields, Artemis standing to right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow with her right from quiver on her back; in field to right, kithara. RPC I, 3175; BMC 48-50; SNG Copenhagen 24. 3.18gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Marcus Aurelius or Lucius Verus AE 23mm of Petra(?), Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗ]ΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄΒ, Antoninus Pius on horseback, galloping to left, raising right hand in salute, chlamys flowing behind. RPC IV.3 Online 3982 (Uncertain mint and ruler); E.S.G. Robinson, "Coins from Petra, etc" in Num. Chron. 64 (1936), p. 291, pl. XVII.12. 7.80gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Dated CY 227 (AD 117). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Wreathed head of young Dionysos to right / ΣΙΔΩΝΟ ΘΕΑΣ, cista mystica; ZKΣ (date) above; all within ivy wreath. RPC III, 3873; Rouvier 1437. 4.93gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
