LOT 2912
Philip II AE 22mm of Perge, Pamphylia. AD 247-249.
• AV • K • M • IOV • CЄOV • ΦIΛIΠΠOC • ЄV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, set on globe / ΠЄPΓAIΩN, chest holding three purses. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 21067; SMG BnF 512. Near Very Fine.(7.25gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated RY 9 (AD 292/3). ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L in right field, ЄΝΑΤΟΥ (date) in left field, Δ in exergue. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76462; Dattari (Savio) 5675; Emmett 4046. 7.76gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE 35mm of Ephesus, Ionia. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Lucius Cerrinius Paetus, grammateus. Struck AD 138-140. Τ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΚΑΥϹΤΡOϹ ΚЄΝΧΡЄΙΟϹ around, ЄΠΙ ΠΑΙΤΟΥ ЄΦЄϹΙΩΝ in two lines beneath cult-statue of Artemis Ephesia wearing kalathos and standing facing, with supports, between river-gods Kaystros, on the left, and Kenchrios, on the right, reclining to right and left and facing each other, each resting arm on urn from which water flows. Cf. RPC IV.2 online 1114 (for reverse legend without personal name); Karwiese -. 28.29gr, 35mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Heavily tooled and smoothed. This coin appears to be the Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 27, 9 September 2023, lot 1227 (tooled and smoothed since). Otherwise apparently unpublished.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Struck AD 242. AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β; eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to right, head to left. RPC VII.2 3520; Prieur 302; McAlee 874. 11.94gr, 28mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
