LOT 3122
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis AE 17mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
MAPKIA-NOΠOΛIC, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche to right / MAPKIAN-OΠOΛIT-ΩN, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting arm on drum. H&J, Marcianopolis 6.0.31.2. Very Fine.(4.40gr, 17mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ascalon, Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, dove to right with olive branch in beak. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 79260; Prieur -. 11.83gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 525, 20 October 2022, lot 713. -
Septimius Severus AE 26mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. AD 194. 1st emission.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP L SEPT SE-V PERT AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche turreted and radiate standing facing on base, holding crown in right hand and cornucopia in left, between two small figures holding clubs (or torchs?); all below arched canopy held in place by two female figures standing on columns; COL HEL in exergue. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84881. 12.89gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus AE 18mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
[AVG], bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right. RPC I 1656; Varbanov 3770. 4.03gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
