LOT 3263
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 of Antoninus Pius (AD 148/9).
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Isis seated to right, nursing Harpocrates; oinochoe atop short coulmn to right, all within distyle temple façade with uraeus in pediment; L in exergue, ΔധΔЄ-KATOV (date) around. RPC IV.4, 1123; Dattari (Savio) 9066; Geissen 1914; Emmett 1888. Near Very Fine.(19.99gr, 34mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3263
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Augustus AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CAESAR, laureate head to right / Dolphin entwined around trident; all within wreath. RPC I, 4536; Rouvier 486; Sawaya 136-146. 8.50gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pisidia, Termessus Major AE 26mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΤЄΡΜΗCCЄΩΝ, bareheaded and draped bust of Hermes to right, caduceus over shoulder / ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΩΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding eagle and long sceptre. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 73274.4 (this coin); SNG BnF 2179. 6.02gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Ex TimeLine Auctions, 6 December 2016, lot 2933 and 21 February 2017, lot 3024. -
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. Struck AD 210-211. ΦΛ. ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΟΣ (Flavius Ulpianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / V ΦΛ ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟC I, Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. AMNG I 1579 var. (bust); Varbanov 3137 var. (same). 13.19gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
