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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Gordian III AE 29mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 303 (AD 239/40).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AYTOK K MAΡ ANTW ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡЄWΝ, galley to left with captain, oarsmen, and steersman on deck; ΓT (date) below. RPC VII.2, 3625; SNG BnF 307. 13.92gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 263/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
• AY • K Π ΛIK ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / Tyche standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; L IA (retrograde) to upper left. RPC X Online 75490; Köln 2919; Dattari (Savio) 5267; K&G 90.76; Emmett 3836.11. 13.26gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 4 Units of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 24 of the second era of Agrippa II (AD 83/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[ΔΟΜЄΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΓЄΡΜΑ], laureate head to right / [ЄΤ]Ο ΚΔ (date) Β[Α ΑΓΡΙΠΠ], Nike standing to right with foot on helmet, inscribing shield set on knee, [crescent(?) beneath wing]. RPC II, 2264; Meshorer 152; Hendin 6347; Sofaer 212-3. 4.58gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
