LOT 3359
Otho AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 1 (AD 69).
AYΤΟΚΡΑΤധΡ • M • OΘധN KAICAP CЄΒΑCΤΟC, laureate head to right / Eagle with spread wings standing to left on wreath, holding wreath in beak; between eagle's legs, crescent; in field to left, palm frond; ЄΤΟΥC A (date) below. RPC I, 4199; McAlee 316; Prieur 101. Good Very Fine.(15.22gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left, shield at side, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple; on each end of architrave, statues as acroteria; wreath in pediment, H to left, RS in exergue. Drost 87; R IC 202a. 7.08gr, 25mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT KAI ANTധNЄINOC, laureate head to right / Large S C; below, eagle standing slightly to left, head to right, with wings spread; uncertain letter and symbol flanking; all within wreath. Cf. McAlee 697A (A and ivy leaf). 6.97gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 116-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large S C above BΔ within laurel wreath. RPC III, 3642; McAlee 496(d). 15.27gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
