LOT 3266
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. Dated Year of the Aradian Era 352 (AD 93/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopiae, tied with taenia; to right, BNT (date); to left 'b' in Phoenician. RPC III 3825.4 (this coin); Rouvier 862; ANS 1948.19.2211. Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only five examples on RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).(6.42gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Lucius Verus AE 30mm of Gesasa, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛΟΥΚΙ ΟΥΗ, laureate, [draped and cuirassed?] bust to left / ΑΡΤΕΜΙϹ ΤΥΧΗ [...], Artemis-Tyche advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, dog running to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 6597 (temporary); cf. Sofaer 17; cf. Spijkerman 15. 18.20gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 112-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ [...], Arabia standing facing, head to left, holding branch over camel to left at feet and bundle of cinnamon sticks. RPC III 4073-5 (Arabian mint); Metcalf 15-7. 2.99gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Gordian III AE 25mm of Edessa, Macedon. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
AV • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC •, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CΔC-C-CCΩN, Roma seated to left on shield, holding Nike, being crowned by the Tyche of Edessa standing to left behind, holding sceptre. Varbanov 3674. 7.91gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
