LOT 3381
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Dated CY 227 (AD 117). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Wreathed head of young Dionysos to right / ΣΙΔΩΝΟ ΘΕΑΣ, cista mystica; ZKΣ (date) above; all within ivy wreath. RPC III, 3873; Rouvier 1437. Very Fine.(4.93gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Faustina II AE 27mm of Neapolis, Judaea. Dated CY 88 (AD 159/60).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄ ϹЄΒ ΘΥΓΑ, draped bust to right / ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ ΠΟΛЄധC ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑΛЄϹT, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; ЄΤ ΠΗ (date) across field. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 10805. 12.51gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17(?) (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L [I-Z(?) (date)] below. Cf. RPC III, 4820; cf. Dattari (Savio) 7221; cf. Emmett 707.17. 1.58gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 17mm of Gerasa, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤΟΝΙ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΝ Τധ ΠΡ ΧΡ Τധ ΠP; turreted Tyche seated on rock to left, upper part of body and head to right, holding grain ears in each hand; below, swimming river-god. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6605; cf. Spijkerman 23. 2.87gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
