LOT 3009
Marcus Aurelius, with Lucius Verus AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Doliche, Commagene. AD 161-169.
Illegible inscription, confronted laureate heads of Marcus Aurelius to left and Lucius Verus to right / ΔOΛIXAIധN A in three lines within wreath. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 8602 (temporary); cf. SNG Copenhagen 12. Very Fine.(10.10gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3009
Marcus Aurelius, with Lucius Verus AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Doliche, Commagene.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 222-235.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
AYT K M A C ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHT KOΛ ЄΔЄϹCHΝΩN, the Tyche of Edessa seated to left on rock, holding ears of grain; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VI 7852 (temporary) var. (obverse legend). 6.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius. IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.98gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 18mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31
Struck AD 128-138. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 3.45gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
