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LOT 2844
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 of Antoninus Pius (AD 153/4)
[Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / Hawk standing to right, crowned with skhent; L I-Z (date) across fields. RPC IV.4, 1630; Dattari (Savio) 9074. Near Very Fine. Very rare; only four examples cited on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(3.53gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2844
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117. Uncertain Regnal Year.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ [...] ΥΠΑΤ Є, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. Cf. RPC III, 3540 (RY 15). 14.06gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pisidia, Termessus Major AE Enneassarion. Time of Valerian I to Gallienus, AD 253-268. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΤЄΡΜΗCCЄΩΝ, laureate head of Zeus to right; Θ (mark of value) below / AYTONOMΩN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Θ (mark of value) to right. RPC X Unassigned ID 63657; SNG BN 2194-6; SNG von Aulock 8639; SNG Copenhagen 337. 10.61gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Geta, as Caesar AE 18mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 209-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Π CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC K, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Thanatos standing slightly to left, with legs crossed and leaning upon inverted torch set upon altar. Varbanov 1110; H&J, Marcianopolis, 6.22.41.2. 3.37gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
