LOT 3775
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Rome mint.
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left, shield at side, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple; on each end of architrave, statues as acroteria; wreath in pediment, H to left, RS in exergue. Drost 87; R IC 202a. Good Very Fine.(7.08gr, 25mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AVT K M A ANTWNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC TO B, eagle standing left, head to left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; Δ - Є across field, star between legs. Cf. RPC VI Online 7959. 12.22gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 18mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AV K M ANTΩΝЄI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΛΑΟΔ-Ι-ΚЄΩΝ, Tyche, wearing polos on head, standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. SGI -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen 587 var. (obverse legend). 2.94gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE 15mm of Petra, Arabia. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AY K T AI Π AΔ AYΙ⟒Λ (sic), laureate and draped bust to right / AΔ ΜΗΤΡA (sic), turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; trophy to left. RPC IV.3 Online 6623.6 = Universität Münster 5988. 3.85gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
