LOT 3450
Philip I AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOV CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, statue of Tyche seated facing, ram leaping to right, head to left, above; below, half-length river-god Mygdonius swimming to right; all within tetrastyle temple. Cf. BMC 17-24/25 (for obv./rev.); SNG Milan 122. Very Fine.(11.57gr, 25mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK, private collection.
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Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, diademed and draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC Arabia 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. 9.88gr, 27mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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. -
Elagabalus AE 24mm of Orthosia, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Dated CY 531(?) (AD 219/220). ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ, radiate and cuirassed bust to right; cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion / ΟΡΘധϹΙЄധΝ ΑΛΦ(?) (date), Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lions(?) with horns. RPC VI, 8243 (temporary). 10.40gr, 24mm, 1h
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only two other examples cited by RPC Online.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
