LOT 3103
Philip I and Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-249.
ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Μ WΤA-K ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip and draped bust of Otacilia Severa facing one another / MECAMBPIANΩN, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding cantharus with right hand and long thyrsus with left. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 70419. Very Fine.(13.57gr, 27mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3103
Philip I and Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Mesembria, Thrace.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Titus AE 25mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Titus to right; c/m: head of Herakles (Melkarth), bearded, wearing lion's skin to right, within circular incuse / Laureate head of Herakles-Domitian to right. Cf. RPC II, 2106; for c/m: Howgego 17. 10.99gr, 25mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 of Antoninus Pius (AD 148/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Isis seated to right, nursing Harpocrates; oinochoe atop short coulmn to right, all within distyle temple façade with uraeus in pediment; L in exergue, ΔധΔЄ-KATOV (date) around. RPC IV.4, 1123; Dattari (Savio) 9066; Geissen 1914; Emmett 1888. 19.99gr, 34mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. Struck AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
