LOT 3662
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Bizya, Thrace. AD 247-249.
M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / BIZVHNΩN, athlete standing to left, dropping distance marker. Varbanov 1596; Jurukova 159-60. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(3.42gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 62, 17 October 2019, lot 717.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, eagle standing to left, head to right; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5777; Emmett 4087.8. 6.63gr, 20mm,12h.
Very Fine. Olive green patina with brown highlights.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 26mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / СE ΑΒΙΛΗΝΩΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ СΥ, nude Heracles seated to left on rock, resting right arm on club, and left arm on rock; ЄΚC (date) in exergue. RPC IV.3 Online 8369 (temporary); Spijkerman -. 13.41gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. Dated Year of the Aradian Era 352 (AD 93/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopiae, tied with taenia; to right, BNT (date); to left 'b' in Phoenician. RPC III 3825.4 (this coin); Rouvier 862; ANS 1948.19.2211. 6.42gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only five examples on RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
