LOT 3461
Marcus Aurelius AE 27mm of Adraa, Arabia. Dated CY 70 (AD 175/6).
[ΑΥΤ] Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟϹ(sic), laureate head to right / ΔΟΥϹΑΡΗϹ ΘЄΟϹ ΑΔΡΑΗΝധΝ Є ΒO (date), dome-shaped baetyl on altar supported by columns; head of ibex to left and right, flight of stairs between columns. RPC IV.3 Online 6721; Rosenberger 2; SNG ANS 1131. Near Very Fine. Rare.(11.29gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE 29mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 303 (AD 239/40).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AYTOK K MAΡ ANTW ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡЄWΝ, galley to left with captain, oarsmen, and steersman on deck; ΓT (date) below. RPC VII.2, 3625; SNG BnF 307. 13.92gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 (AD 65/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΝΕ]ΡΩ ΚΛ[ΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ Σ]ΕΒ ΓΕΡ AΛ(?), radiate and cuirassed bust of Nero to right / ΑΥΤΟ-ΚΡΑ, bust of Alexandria to right, wearing elephant headdress; L IB (date) before. Cf. RPC I, 5289. 11.60gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT KAI ANTധNЄINOC, laureate head to right / Large S C; below, eagle standing slightly to left, head to right, with wings spread; uncertain letter and symbol flanking; all within wreath. Cf. McAlee 697A (A and ivy leaf). 6.97gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
