LOT 3454
Philip II AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. Good Very Fine.(11.72gr, 25mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK, private collection.
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Philip I AE 29mm of Damascus, Seleucis ad Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ΔAMAC METRO, nude Ambrosia standing facing, head to right, clasping vine tendrils, floral structure at feet from which vines emerge. RPC VIII unassigned ID 26786 (temporary). 16.74gr, 29mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
For more interpretations of the female figure on reverse, see G. Bijowski, "The myth of Daphne on a coin minted at Damascus," AJN 15 (2003), pp. 53-9 and K. Butcher, "Ambrosia in Damascus?," NC 170 (2010), pp. 85-91. -
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Uncertain RY 24, 27 or 29 (AD 183-189). M A KOM ANTധ [CЄB ЄV CЄB], laureate head to right / Laureate head of Zeus to right, with traces of drapery; L K[?] (date) across fields. Emmett 2563; cf. Dattari (Savio) 3892. 12.71gr, 24mm, 11h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Gordian III AE 34mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANOVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA DOMINI ANTI COLON, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; S R (retrograde) across fields. RPC VII.2, 2739. 26.44gr, 34mm, 8h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
