LOT 2997
Marcus Aurelius AE 27mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. AD 161-180.
Struck AD 161-169. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤധΝƐΙΝΟС, laureate head to right, with drapery over far shoulder / ΑΝΤΙΟ Τധ ΠΡ ΙΠ ΤΗС ΙƐΡ Κ ΑСΥΛΟΥ, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia and bridle of horse standing to left. RPC Online 6567 (temporary); Sofaer 13; Spijkerman 9. Near Very Fine.(8.96gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2997
Marcus Aurelius AE 27mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Gordian III AE 25mm of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ(ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AΔPIANOΠ-OΛЄITΩN, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and branch. Youroukova 515; Varbanov 3709 corr. (obv. legend). 9.91gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated RY 4 (AD 272/3). AVT K Λ Δ AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, with spread wings, head to right with wreath in beak, flanked by two standards; L Δ (date) in upper central field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75675; SNG Copenhagen 873-875. 8.58gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Otho BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 69.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Dated RY 1 (AD 69). ΑΥΤΟΚ ΜΑΡΚ ΟΘΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ, laureate head to right; L A (date) beneath chin / KPA-[TH-Σ]IΣ, Kratesis standing facing, head to left, holding Nike and trophy. RPC I 5361; Köln 249; Dattari (Savio) 328; K&G 18.7; Emmett 185.1. 9.17gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. Property of a Chester, UK, private collector.
