LOT 3097
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 13mm. Time of Trajan, AD 98-117.
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. Near Very Fine.(2.07gr, 13mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE 26mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Struck AD 241-244. IMP CAES M [ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL [AVG FEL BER], temple with four columns enclosing bust of Astarte wearing turreted crown and flanked on each side by cornucopiae and aquilae; on roof, Neptune abducting Beroe flanked by two Victories holding wreath; pellet in pediment; in exergue, lion advancing to right. RPC VII.2, 3558; BMC 236-9; SNG Copenhagen 122. 13.01gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Hierapolis AE 23mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Homonoia issue with Ephesus. Radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos to right, ΛAIP-BHNOΣ around / IЄPAΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ЄΦЄCIΩΝ ΝΕΩ-ΚΟΡΩΝ OMONOIA, clasped hands. RPC VIII Online, Unassigned ID 20751; Franke & Nollé 709; SNG BnF 1263. 6.78gr, 23mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Possibly contemporary imitation. Blundered legend, laureate head to right / Blundered legend, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash to left. For prototype cf. Prieur 954. 11.70gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan cracks at 2h and 4h.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
