LOT 2779
Macrinus AE 23mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
IMP C M OPE SEVE MACRINVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. Unpublished in the standard references, including BMC, SNG BnF, SNG von Aulock and Copenhagen. Very Fine. Black patina. Unpublished with this obverse legend.(5.95gr, 23mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Commodus AE 20mm of Philadelphia, Lydia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 177-179. Α Κ • Λ ΑΥΡ ΚOΜOΔO ΑΥ[Γ], laureate young bust to right / ΦΙΛΑΔЄ-ΛΦЄΩΝ, Asclepius standing facing, head to left, holding serpent-staff. RPC IV.2, 1377 (temporary); GRPC Lydia 303. 5.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 37mm of Tralleis, Lydia AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Struck circa AD 161-165. ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΟΣ, ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ (Euarestos, grammateus). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [ЄΠΙ] ΓΡΑ ЄΥ-ΑΡЄϹ[ΤΟΥ] ΤΡΑΛ[ΛΙΑΝΩΝ] ('under the grammateus Euarestos, of the Trallians'), Heracles, nude, seated to left on rock covered with lion skin, holding patera (or apple) in right hand, and resting his left on club. RPC IV.2, 2882 (temporary); GRPC 222. 25.35gr, 37mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Pisidia, Antioch AE 16mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Pseudo-autonomous issue. AN-TI-OCH, draped bust of Hermes to right, with head assimilated to portrait of youthful Commodus; caduceus over shoulder / COLO-NIAE, garlanded altar. RPC IV.3, 7376 (temporary). 2.06gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
