LOT 2639
Phrygia, Bria or Briana AE 19mm. Time of the Severans, AD 193-235.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos / BΡΙΑ-ΝΩΝ, Isis standing facing, head to left, holding sistrum with right hand and situla with left. Von Aulock, Phrygiens 225-37; SNG von Aulock 3520; BMC 1. Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.(3.38gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 545, 30 August 2023, lot 411.
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Macrinus AE 23mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP C M OPE SEVE MACRINVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. Unpublished in the standard references, including BMC, SNG BnF, SNG von Aulock and Copenhagen. 5.95gr, 23mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Black patina. Unpublished with this obverse legend.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. SNG BnF 1501. 5.25gr, 22mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace. Rhoemetalkes I, with Augustus AE 20mm. Circa 11 BC-AD 12.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOΥ, diademed bust of Rhoemetalkes to right / KAIΣAΡO-Σ ΣEBA[ΣTOΥ], bare head of Augustus to right. RPC I, 1718; Youroukova 194-200. 4.75gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
