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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Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 5(?) (AD 120/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄT [Є?] (date) in right field. Cf. RPC II 3076; cf. Sydenham, Caesarea 260. 1.31gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AE 25mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[...] ANTWNINO[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑИΤΙΟΧ [...] ΑΡΟΤ[...], tetrastyle temple, within which Zeus Arotesios standing to left, in short chiton, holding thunderbolt(?) and surrounded by stars and crescents; at his feet, small Pegasus to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 9228; cf. Spijkerman 29-30; cf. Sofaer 30-1. 14.98gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 269/70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L B (date) across fields. Dattari (Savio) 5417; Emmett 3879. 10.36gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Light green patina.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
