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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Antoninus Pius AE 15mm of Petra, Arabia. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AY K T AI Π AΔ AYΙ⟒Λ (sic), laureate and draped bust to right / AΔ ΜΗΤΡA (sic), turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; trophy to left. RPC IV.3 Online 6623.6 = Universität Münster 5988. 3.85gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Prymnessus AE 25mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IЄPA • CYN-KΛHTOC, draped bust of the Roman Senate to right / ΠΡVΜΝ-ΗϹϹЄ[ΩΝ], Cybele seated to left on throne, holding her right hand above forepart of lion to left and leaning left on tympanon. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 27262; Von Aulock, Phrygien II, 895-904. 7.49gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Septimius Severus AE 25mm of Heliopolis, Coele. AD 211-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from front / I O M H COL HE[L?] (Iupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus colonia Heliopolitana), aerial perspective view of the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84889; Sawaya 410-420. 10.59gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Earthen brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
