LOT 3456
Philip II AE 26mm 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. Double struck of reverse.(10.58gr, 26mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK, private collection.
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Antoninus Pius AE 17mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[...]ധVIᏌPC(sic), laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡOΠ, crescent surmounted by eight-rayed star. RPC IV.3, 6625 (temporary); Sofaer 16; Spijkerman 18. 3.55gr, 17mm, 6h
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Caracalla Æ 26mm of Alexandria, Troas. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 214-215. [M AVRE] ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ALEX AVG, she-wolf standing to left, head to right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Bellinger A304 var. (obverse legend & bust); SNG Righetti 778. 7.80gr, 26mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
