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. -
Septimius Severus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AV K CЄΠ CЄOYH CЄ(?), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / AΔPI ΠЄTPA MHT (anticlockwise), Tyche seated on rock to left within distyle shrine with globe in pediment, holding small stele in extended right hand and trophy with left. Sofaer 34 var. (obverse legend); Spijkerman 36 var. (same); cf. Rosenberger 21. 6.53gr, 20mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus I Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 235-238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 1 (AD 234/5). ΑΥΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L Α (date), Serapis standing facing, head to right, resting on sceptre. RPC VI, 10664 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 4594. 13.36gr, 25mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
