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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Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Struck circa AD 41-42.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. 11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.
From the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included). -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 2.18gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Divus Septimius Severus AE 25mm of Heliopolis, Coele. AD 211-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from front / I O M H COL HE[L?] (Iupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus colonia Heliopolitana), aerial perspective view of the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84889; Sawaya 410-420. 10.59gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Earthen brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
