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 Unpublished in the major references with this reverse legend, including RPC Online, BMC Arabia, SNG Copenhagen.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 Apparently unpublished variant with a shorter reverse legend.(11.96gr, 26mm, 1h).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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Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Struck circa AD 215-217. AVT • K • M • AV • ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on breastplate / ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 843. 13.14gr, 28mm, 12h
Very Fine. Double reverse struck.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 11.57gr, 25mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Maximinus I Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 235-238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 1 (AD 234/5). ΑΥΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L Α (date), Serapis standing facing, head to right, resting on sceptre. RPC VI, 10664 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 4594. 13.36gr, 25mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
