LOT 3420
Macrinus AE 21mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 217-218.
IMP CAES MACRINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SEP TVRVS METRO COLON, prow of galley sailing to right; murex shell above. Rouvier 2340; BMC 384; SNG Copenhagen 361. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(8.06gr, 21mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Philip II AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 11.72gr, 25mm, 6h
Good Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Philip II AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, seen from front, wearing balteus / IOΛ(sic) CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI M[HT], temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; BMC Arabia 24; SNG Copenhagen 240. 10.76gr, 26mm, 6h
Near Very Fine - Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Judaea Capta, Titus AE 24mm of Caesarea Maritima. 79-81 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
AΥTOKP • TITO-Σ KAIΣAP, laureate head to right / IOΥΔAIAΣ EAΛꟽKΥIAΣ, trophy; to left, Judaea seated and mourning to left with her hands tied; shield to right of trophy. RPC II 2313; Hendin 6476; TJC 384. 11.72gr, 24mm, 12h
Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
