LOT 3369
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 3 (AD 247).
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOVCIAC VΠA TO Γ, eagle standing to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 29006; McAlee 923; Prieur 373. Good Very Fine.(12.26gr, 27mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3369
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Marcus Aurelius AE 26mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Turreted Tyche standing facing, head left, holding cornucopiae and bridle of horse standing behind; ΘΚС in exergue. RPC IV Online 6289 (temporary); Spijkerman 8; Sofaer 12. 8.22gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Germe AE 16mm. Circa AD 100-150. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΙЄΡΑ ϹVΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟ, draped male bust of the Senate to right / ΓЄΡΜΗ-[ΝΩΝ], laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right; in front, laurel-branch. RPC III, 1771; BMC 1, pl. XVI, 1. 2.59gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ [...], laureate head to right / [ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ?], Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. Cf. RPC III 2618. 9.37gr, 23mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means ''of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support.
