LOT 2781
Philip I AE 21mm of Metropolis, Ionia. AD 244-249.
M IOY • ΦIΛIΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHTPO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 20411; SNG BnF 1652; SNG Copenhagen 933. Near Very Fine.(4.58gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Macrinus AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVT K M O CЄ MAKPI[NOC C], laureate head to right / S C within laurel wreath, star at apex; Δ above, Є beneath. McAlee 723c var. (obv. legend); BMC 386 var. (same). 3.93gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Struck AD 59-60. NERO CLAVD • DIVI CLAVD • F • CAESAR AVG • GERMANI •, laureate head to right / Nike seated to right on globe, holding wreath. RPC I 3645; Sydenham, Caesarea 82; RIC I 617. 1.79gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Philip II AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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. 12.26gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection.
