LOT 3106
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 26mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-247.
MAP IOVΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bare head of Philip II and draped bust of Serapis wearing kalathos, facing one another / MECAMBPIANΩN, Demeter standing to left, holding patera and long torch. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 48444; Karayotov 476-8. Very Fine.(11.66gr, 26mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3106
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 26mm of Mesembria, Thrace.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Titus with Agrippa II AE 8 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 29(?) of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 77/8).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
AYTOKP [...] CEBACTΩ, laureate head to right / ETO KΘ(?) (date) BA AΓΡΙ-ΠΠA, Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath. Cf. RPC II, 2291. 12.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head to right / [ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΥΠΡΙΩΝ], temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 92. 15.59gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A K Γ OYAΛ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Zeus standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre; L B (date) to right; at feet, eagle standing to left, head to right. Köln 3222; Dattari (Savio) 5774; K&G 119.24; Emmett 4087.2. 7,59gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
