LOT 2795
Macrinus AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
AVT K M O CЄ MAKPI[NOC C], laureate head to right / S C within laurel wreath, star at apex; Δ above, Є beneath. McAlee 723c var. (obv. legend); BMC 386 var. (same). Good Very Fine.(3.93gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 18.52gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
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. -
Domitian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 12 (AD 92/3). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΘЄΟ ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopia, on back of crocodile to right, below lotus flowers and water; L IB (date) above. RPC II 2673; Dattari (Savio) 522. 10.65gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
