LOT 3030
Marcus Aurelius AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 161-180.
Dated RY 3 (AD 162/3). [M] AYPHΛIOC ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ(Ω inversed) [...], laureate head to right with slight drapery on far shoulder / ЄΥΘΗ-ΝΙΑ, Euthenia standing to left, holding corn ears and cornucopia; L Γ (date) to right. RPC IV.4, 2437 var. (Drachm); Köln 2010 var. (same); Dattari (Savio) 3451 var. (same); Emmett -. Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished as Hemidrachm.(12.87gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Caracalla AE 22mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP M AVRELI ANTON AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Poseidon standing to left, foot on rock, holding dolphin and trident; COL ANT BER in fields across fields. SNG Copenhagen 109; BMC 142. 8.04gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia AE 3 Units of Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi), Judaea. Died AD 65 and AD 63.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Struck under Nero, AD 65-68. DIVA POP-PAEA AVG, statue of Diva Poppaea seated to left within distyle temple set on high podium / [DIVA CLAVD] NER F, statue of Diva Claudia standing to left on basis within hexastyle temple set on high podium. RPC I 4846; Meshorer 354; Sofaer 87. 7.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Assarion. Dated CY 115 (AD 66/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-autonomous issue. ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩ-Ν, diademed head of Zeus to right / • ЄTO ЄIP (date), Boule seated to left, placing vote in urn. RPC I 4305.2; McAlee 112. 6.63gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
