LOT 3340
Philip I AE 25mm of Philomelium, Phrygia. AD 244-249. ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣ (Marcus, son of Nestor), archon.
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΝΕϹΤΟΡΟC ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕΩΝ, river-god Gallos reclining to left, holding cornucopia and reed with right hand, and resting left elbow on urn from which water flows. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 20688. Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.(7.81gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE 25mm of Koinon of Galatia. AD 98-117. ΤΙΤΟΣ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΣ ΒΑΣΣΟΣ (Titus Pomponius Bassus), presbeutes and antistrategos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVTO NEPOY[ΑΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ], laureate head to right / ΕΠI Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝ-ΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ, Mên standing to left, wearing chiton, cloak and oriental tiara, crescent on shoulder, holding patera in his extended right hand. RPC III, 2834. 11.94gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE 15mm of Petra, Arabia. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AY K T AI Π AΔ AYΙ⟒Λ (sic), laureate and draped bust to right / AΔ ΜΗΤΡA (sic), turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; trophy to left. RPC IV.3 Online 6623.6 = Universität Münster 5988. 3.85gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Maesa AE 28mm of Caesarea Panias(?), Judaea. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IOVΛIA MЄCA [...], draped bust to right / Front view of temple with two columns, within which Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder, placing foot on galley prow. Cf. RPC VI Online 9204. 15.81gr, 28mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
