LOT 3453
Marcus Aurelius or Lucius Verus AE 23mm of Petra(?), Decapolis. AD 161-169.
[ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗ]ΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄΒ, Antoninus Pius on horseback, galloping to left, raising right hand in salute, chlamys flowing behind. RPC IV.3 Online 3982 (Uncertain mint and ruler); E.S.G. Robinson, "Coins from Petra, etc" in Num. Chron. 64 (1936), p. 291, pl. XVII.12. Near Very Fine.(7.80gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3453
Marcus Aurelius or Lucius Verus AE 23mm of Petra(?), Decapolis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/120).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒΑϹΤ, laureate head to right with drapery on left shoulder / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄT Δ (date) in right field. RPC III, 3074; Sydenham, Caesarea 255; Ganschow 194a. 1.60gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 14 (AD 266/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; to right, palm; L IΔ (date) to left. RPC X Unassigned ID 75547; Dattari 5283. 7.92gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip II, as Caesar AE 31mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ANTIOXЄΩN MHTPO KOΛΩ, towered, draped and veiled bust of Tyche to right, ram leaping to right above, head reverted to left; Δ Є across upper fields, S C across lower fields. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 7507; CRS 494d; McAlee 1067. 18.20gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
