LOT 3457
Nero AE 'Semis' of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 65-66.
IM NER CLAV [CAESAR], laureate head to right / Large S C within circle and laurel wreath. McAlee 289d; RPC I, 4297. Very Fine.(8.19gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Commodus AE 20mm of Capitolias, Decapolis. Dated CY 93 (AD 189/190).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A Κ Μ Α ΚΟΜΟΔ, bare head to right / ΚΑΠΙΤധΛ ΙЄ ΓϞ (date), Dionysus, nude, standing facing, head to left, crossing legs, holding kantharos with right hand and long thyrsus with left. RPC IV.3 6561 var. (laureate head); Spijkerman 12 var. (same); Rosenberger 12 var. (same); Sofaer 10 corr. (laureate). 5.81gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Pierced. Extremely rare issue. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Heritage World Coin Auctions, Sale 3018, 20378; wrongly attributed).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Volusian AE 26mm of Neapolis, Judaea. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝ, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ ΠΟΛЄധϹ, eagle standing facing with wings displayed, supporting Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple and altar; stairway to temple and colonnade beneath mountain; star and crescent flanking. RPC IX 2160; Rosenberger 123; Sofaer 237-8. 13.70gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. BMC Mysia 111; SNG BnF 1502. 4.71gr, 22mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
