LOT 3449
Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Struck AD 247-9. ΑΥΤΟΚ • Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, 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. Unpublished in the major references with this reverse legend, including RPC Online, BMC Arabia, SNG Copenhagen. Good Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant with a shorter reverse legend.(11.96gr, 26mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear pointing forward and shield on left arm / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, veiled and turreted Tyche seated facing, ram leaping to right above her, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment; river-god swimming to right below. BMC - (cf. 25 for obv., 23 for rev.); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Righetti 2620. 10.61gr, 26mm, 12h
Good Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Vespasian AE 24mm of Caesarea Panias. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Dated RY 18 (78/9 CE). [ΑYΤΟΚΡΑ ΟYΕϹΠΑ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟV ΗΙ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing to left, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II, 2254; Meshorer 142; Hendin 6337; Sofaer 195. 10.58gr, 24mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Beautiful yellow-green patina.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla Æ 26mm of Alexandria, Troas. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 214-215. [M AVRE] ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ALEX AVG, she-wolf standing to left, head to right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Bellinger A304 var. (obverse legend & bust); SNG Righetti 778. 7.80gr, 26mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
