LOT 3460
Philip I AE 31mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244/7.
[ΑVΤΟΚ Κ ΜΑ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙ]ΛΙΠΠ[ΟϹ ϹЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩ, veiled, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right, Δ Є across upper fields, S C across lower fields. RPC VIII Online unassigned ID 7495; McAlee 967. Very Fine.(18.44gr, 31mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 775.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Theodosius I AE 21mm. AD 379-395. Contemporary imitation, possibly by Cherson mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N TAEODO-SIVS(sic) [...]P F AVG, diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield / GLORIA RO-[...],Theodosius, wearing military attire, standing to left on galley, head to right, raising hand; Victory at helm holding rudder; wreath in left field; CO[...] in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC IX 52c.3. 4.02gr, 21mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The issue is, on account of the mintmark, occasionally described as having been struck at Constantinople for use at Cherson. However, the crude fabric and unconventional style as well as major inconsistencies in the epigraphy point to local production at the important port city of Cherson. -
![Group of Four [4] AR Parthian Drachms.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/254304-s.jpg)
Group of Four [4] AR Parthian Drachms. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 13.65gr total, 18-21mm.
Condition as shown.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. Accompanied by an old coin ticket. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. Struck possibly AD 186-187. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
M COMMODVS ANT P FE[LIX AVG BRIT?], laureate head to right / [NOBILITAS AVG P M TR P XII?] IMP VIII [COS V P P?], Nobilitas standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre in left and palladium(?) in right hand; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 501. 23.97gr, 31mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
