LOT 3105
Philip II, as Caesar AE 26mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-247.
ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II and draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, facing one another / ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Demeter standing to left, holding ears of corn with poppy and long torch. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 48375; Karayotov 370-88. Good Very Fine.(12.14gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Geta, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Λ AVΡ KΑΙ ΓЄTAC, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / NIKOΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟC ΙC in four lines within laurel wreath. Varbanov 3222 var. (bust and obverse legend). 2.72gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Philip I and Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Μ WΤA-K ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip and draped bust of Otacilia Severa facing one another / MECAMBPIANΩN, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding cantharus with right hand and long thyrsus with left. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 70419. 13.57gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus AE 24mm of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Judaea. AD 161-169.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
IMP CAES ANTONINO ET VERO AVG, confronted busts of Marcus and Lucius, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / COL • AEL CAP, draped bust of Serapis to left, wearing kalathos. RPC IV.3, 6416 (temporary); Meshorer, Aelia 56; Kadman, Aelia 58; Rosenberger 35; Sofaer 55. 7.43gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
