LOT 3453
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 24mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Struck AD 247-249. ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, statue of Tyche seated facing, with ram leaping to right above and river-god swimming to right below, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. Very Fine.(11.50gr, 24mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK, private collection.
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LOT 3453
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 24mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Macrinus AE 21mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IMP CAES MACRINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SEP TVRVS METRO COLON, prow of galley sailing to right; murex shell above. Rouvier 2340; BMC 384; SNG Copenhagen 361. 8.06gr, 21mm, 7h
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Carus Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Died AD 283.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck under Carinus, circa AD 283-285. ΘЄധ ΚΑΡധ CЄΒ, laureate head to right / AΦIЄP-ധCIC, lit altar decorated with garland. Köln 3167-68; Dattari (Savio) 5570-71; K&G 113.5; Emmett 3995. 7.67gr, 20mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus 22mm of Esbus, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVT C M AVP ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing to left within tetrastyle temple, with arcuated lintel, holding sceptre with left hand and small bust with right, right foot on bull's head (or prow); A-V above wings, [ЄC]BOVC in exergue. RPC VI, 9345.13 (temporary) (this coin); Rosenberger 3 (Tyche holds phiale and her foot on river-god); Sofaer 4-5. 9.93gr, 22mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Rare. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E-auction 531, 25 January 2023, lot 659.
