LOT 3335
Phrygia, Cotiaeum AE 25mm. Time of Valerian and Gallienus, AD 253-268. ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ, ΑΡΧΩΝ (Diogenes, son of Dionysios), archon.
ΔΗΜΟϹ ΚΟΤΙΑ[ΕΩΝ], diademed head of Demos to right / ЄΠΙ ΔΙΟΓЄΝΟ-ΥϹ ΔΙΟΝΥ-ϹI around and in exergue, Α Ρ Χ in right field, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in right hand and sceptre in left. RPC X Unassigned ID 97769 corr. Very Fine.(8.01gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AVT KAI ANTധ-NINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠAT[OC Δ], eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, theatrical mask of Silenus to left; wine jug in exergue. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 83653; Bellinger 352; Meshorer 94; Prieur 1620. 12.60gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Poppaea, Augusta AE 16mm of Akmoneia, Phrygia. AD 62. ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝ ΑΡΧΩΝ and ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑ (Servenius Capito, Archon and Julia Severa).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ CΕΒΑCΤH, draped bust of Poppaea to right, wearing wreath of grain ears; on shoulder, lion / CΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟC ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑC CΕΟΥΗΡΑC around, ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ upwards to right, ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ (ligate) in fields, Artemis standing to right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow with her right from quiver on her back; in field to right, kithara. RPC I, 3175; BMC 48-50; SNG Copenhagen 24. 3.18gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ascalon, Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, dove to right with olive branch in beak. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 79260; Prieur -. 11.83gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 525, 20 October 2022, lot 713.
