LOT 3328
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 14mm. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Male figure seated to left on lion to right; ΠΑΛΜ before / Nike advancing to left, holding palm and setting wreath on baetyl. Cf. Du Buisson, Planche XCIV, 2; Krzyzanowska -. Very Fine. Exceedingly rare.(1,50gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹV ΑΝϹ, Tyche, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche; all within central arch of distyle temple façade. RPC IV.3, 6516 (temporary); Spijkerman 12; Rosenberger 14; Sofaer 14. 15.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑVΤ • ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟC CЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head to left, with wreath in beak; prow of galley to left between legs. Prieur 1292. 12.39gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 19mm. Time of Caracalla, AD 211-217. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ϹΑΡ-ΔΙϹ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / CΑΡΔIANΩN • Β • NЄΩKOΡΩΝ, facing statue of Kore of Sardes; grain ear to left, poppy to right. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 74062; GRPC Lydia 330. 3.55gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
