LOT 2810
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. Very Fine.(12.26gr, 25mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK, private collection.
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Salonina, Augusta Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 12 of Gallienus (AD 264/265). KOPNHΛIA CAΛധNЄINA CЄB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / Eirene standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; palm frond to left, IB L (date) to right. Köln 2969; Dattari (Savio) 5331; K&G 91.33; Emmett 3855.12. 8.27gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 18.52gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 1 (AD 69).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥЄΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ЄΤΟΥΣ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Α (date), eagle standing to right on thunderbolt; palm branch in right field. RPC II 1936; Prieur 103; McAlee 324. 15.52gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
