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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Augustus (Octavian) AE Diobol or 80 Drachmai of Alexandria, Egypt. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
First series. Struck circa 30-28 BC. [ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟΥ], bare head of Augustus to right / ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ [ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ], eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia; to right, Π (mark of value). RPC I 5001; Dattari (Savio) 2; Geissen 1; K&G 2.5. 20.03gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ ΚΟΜΜΟΔ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right, set on eagle standing facing, head to right, with wings displayed. RPC IV.3, 6632 (temporary); Spijkerman 25a; Sofaer 22. 6.27gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus AE 36mm of Apollonia-Mordiaeum, Pisidia. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
AYT • K • Π • Λ • ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AΠOΛΛΩNI-ATΩN ΛV • ΘPAKO •, river-god Hippophoras reclining to left on overturned vase from which water flows, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left. Von Aulock, Pisidien II, 184-206; BMC 7; SNG Copenhagen 100 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 5000 (same dies). 21.09gr, 36mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 109, 27 May 2002, lot 790.
