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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Vespasian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 76-77.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC CЄΒΑ, laureate head to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left. RPC II, 1659; Ganschow 71; SNG von Aulock 6362. 1.59gr, 15mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Herakles-Domitian to right / Laureate head of Titus to right; c/m: head of Herakles (Melkarth), bearded, wearing lion's skin to right, within circular incuse. Cf. RPC II, 2106; for c/m: Howgego 17. 11.46gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AE Assarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥ Κ ΛI CE CEYHPOC, laureate head to right / NIKOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding patera and long sceptre. HH&J, Nikopolis 8.14.1.20; AMNG 1346; Varbanov 2461. 2.58gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
