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LOT 3371
Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 161-169.
[ΑYΤΟΚΡ]ΑΤΩΡ Κ-ΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝ[...], laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right / ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ [...], laureate head of Lucius Verus to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 9261; cf. SNG Righetti 2108. Near Very Fine.(10.76gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3371
Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Domitian AE 20mm of Amasia, Pontus. Dated CY 95 (AD 92/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΩ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ, laureate head to right / ΑΜΑϹϹЄΙΑ ЄΤΟΥϹ Єꟼ (date), turreted and draped bust of Tyche to left. RPC II 1632A; Dalaison 12. 5.92gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; the best example among two others recorded by Dalaison and three by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Cos III (AD 100).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑNΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head of Trajan to right, above eagle standing to right, with wings folded; in left field, palm branch projecting from Trajan’s head; in right field, club / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤ Γ, laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, wearing lion skin around neck. RPC III, 3526; Prieur 1482; McAlee 452. 14.58gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful toning.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Geta AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 208-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
AYT • KAI • ΓЄTAC : CЄ • B •, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ • VΠA • TO • B •, eagle standing to left on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 210; McAlee 719. 13.43gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
