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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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Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 279/80).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A K M AYP ΠΡOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wings gathered, holding wreath in beak; L Є (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75796; Köln 3145; Dattari (Savio) 5553; K&G 112.22; Emmett 3984.5. 8.33gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / T-VRI-ORV-[M], hexastyle temple within stands Astarte erecting trophy, behind her, Nike standing on short column, placing wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. Cf. RPC VI, 8623 (temporary). 14.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 36mm of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 222-235. Marcus Vinicius Polites, strategos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
ΑY Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄY ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ • ΠΡΩ • ΑϹΙ • Γ ΝЄΩ • Τ-ΩΝ • ϹЄΒ ЄΠ Ϲ • ΠΟΛЄΙΤΟΥ, Cybele seated on throne to left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 4680; Klose 3. 21.86gr, 36mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, France. Private European collection.
