LOT 3496
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 247/8).
A K M ΙΟV ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC ЄV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wings gathered, holding wreath in beak; L Є (date) across field. RPC VIII Online 2975; Köln 2733-5 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 10388-9; K&G 74.74; Emmett 3480.5. Very Fine.(11.12gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE 24mm of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Judaea. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £103
IMP CAES ANTONINO ET VERO AVG, confronted busts of Marcus and Lucius, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / COL • AEL CAP, draped bust of Serapis to left, wearing kalathos. RPC IV.3, 6416 (temporary); Meshorer, Aelia 56; Kadman, Aelia 58; Rosenberger 35; Sofaer 55. 7.43gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian, with Vaballathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 of Aurelian & RY 5 of Vabalathus (August AD 271-March AD 272).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Λ ΔΟΜ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; L B (date) across field / Ι Α Ϲ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝ Υ ΑΥΤ Ϲ Ρ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Vaballathus to right; L Є (date) across field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75754; Emmett 3914. 7.74gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AE 25mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹEΠΤ ϹEΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠЄΡ ϹEΒA, laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠEΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ[...], Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding small stele(?) in extended right hand and trophy in left. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68625; cf. Rosenberger IV, 19; cf. Spijkerman 2. 9.08gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
