LOT 3446
Philip II, as Caesar AE 28mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 244-247.
MARC IVL PHILIPPOS CESAR, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA, wreath containing AKTIA ΔOVCAPIA in three lines. Sofaer 54; Kindler 46a; Spijkerman 60; Rosenberger 52. Near Very Fine.(13.24gr, 28mm, 1h).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3446
Philip II, as Caesar AE 28mm of Bostra, Arabia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Uncertain RY 24, 27 or 29 (AD 183-189). M A KOM ANTധ [CЄB ЄV CЄB], laureate head to right / Laureate head of Zeus to right, with traces of drapery; L K[?] (date) across fields. Emmett 2563; cf. Dattari (Savio) 3892. 12.71gr, 24mm, 11h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Hadrian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Emperor standing facing, head to left, holding patera over altar and sceptre; L I-E (date) across fields. RPC III 5784; Dattari (Savio) 7523; Emmett 1082. 12.45gr, 30mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Struck AD 247-9. ΑΥΤΟΚ • Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. Unpublished in the major references with this reverse legend, including RPC Online, BMC Arabia, SNG Copenhagen. 11.96gr, 26mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant with a shorter reverse legend.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
