LOT 3452
Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, diademed and draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC Arabia 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. Very Fine.(9.88gr, 27mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Vespasian AE 25mm of Caesarea Panias. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Dated RY 18 (78/9 CE). ΑYΤΟΚΡΑ ΟYΕϹΠΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟV ΗΙ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing to left, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II, 2254; Meshorer 142; Hendin 6337; Sofaer 195. 12.43gr, 25mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear pointing forward and shield on left arm / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, veiled and turreted Tyche seated facing, ram leaping to right above her, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment; river-god swimming to right below. BMC - (cf. 25 for obv., 23 for rev.); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Righetti 2620. 10.61gr, 26mm, 12h
Good Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Philip II AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 11.72gr, 25mm, 6h
Good Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection.
