LOT 3337
Phrygia, Laodikeia ad Lycum AE 15mm. Time of Tiberius, AD 14-37. ΠΥΘΗΣ ΠΥΘΟΥ (Pythes, son of Pythes), magistrate. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, laureate bust of Apollo to right, lyre before / ΠΥΘΗΣ ΠΥΘΟΥ, altar surmounted by headdress of Isis. RPC I, 2909; SNG Copenhagen 511; BMC 62-3. Near Very Fine.(2.51gr, 15mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 207-208.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £533
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ •ϹЄ•, laureate and draped bust to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Β, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 87375; McAlee 18; Prieur 1143. 11.35gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian AE 26mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-83.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP DOMITIA[NVS CAES AVG?], laureate head to left / Large S C within laurel-wreath of eight leaves; Δ(?) below. Cf. RPC II, 2023. 10.43gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian I BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 256/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A K Π ΛI OVAΛЄPIANOC ЄV ЄVC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L Δ (date) across field. Köln 2862; Dattari (Savio) 5184; K&G 88.23; Emmett 3705.4. 11.99gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
