LOT 3208
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / [COL IVL AVG FEL I O M H COL HEL (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Iupiter Optimus Maximus Colonia Heliopolitana)], view of the propylaeum (entrance) of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus; a flight of steps with a pedestal at each end leads to a portico of twelve columns with a tower at each end and cypress tree beneath central arch. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 6514; Sawaya series 51, 570-9. Near Very Fine.(13.22gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3208
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE. Sebaste or Aelia Capitolina mint. Legio X Fretensis issue.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Flavian bust to right / Two c/m's over uncertain host coin: LXF (for Legio X Fretensis) above boar advancing to right within rectangular incuse and galley to right within rectangular incuse. Hendin 1609; for countermarks: Howgego 291 and 409. 10.94gr, 25mm.
Countermarks: Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Septimius Severus AE 18mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AV Λ CЄΠT CЄVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum; lion to left and right. Cf. Varbanov 723. 3.97gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Nero AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head to left / Large S C within laurel-wreath. Cf. RPC 4298. 13.95gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
