LOT 3096
Phoenicia, Dora AE 24mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Dated CY 128 (AD 64/5). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Doros to right / ΔധΡΙΤധΝ to right, L PKH (date) to left, Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding standard and cornucopia. RPC I, 4757; Meshorer 17; Rouvier 758. Very Fine.(12.36gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 86 , 17 December 2023, lot 266.
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Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Dated RY 13 (AD 149/150). ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤധ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Dikaiosyne seated to left, holding scales and cornucopia; [L] TPICKAIΔ (date) around. RPC IV.4 Online 1190 (temporary); Köln 1634; Dattari (Savio) 8388-9; K&G 35.471; Emmett 1489.13. 27.56gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Beautiful reddish-brown patina with touches of green.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. BMC Mysia 111; SNG BnF 1502. 6.63gr, 22mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Black patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 13mm. Time of Trajan, AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated CY 230 (AD 104/5). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; palm frond behind / Astarte, holding wreath and stylis, standing to left on galley; ΛΣ (date) to left, monograms of ΜΗ and ΤΥΡ to right; Phoenician letters below. RPC III, 3883; Rouvier 2251; SNG Copenhagen 356. 2.07gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
