LOT 2641
Pisidia, Antioch AE 16mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161-180.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. AN-TI-OCH, draped bust of Hermes to right, with head assimilated to portrait of youthful Commodus; caduceus over shoulder / COLO-NIAE, garlanded altar. RPC IV.3, 7376 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(2.06gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Macrinus AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVT K M O CЄ MAKPI[NOC C], laureate head to right / S C within laurel wreath, star at apex; Δ above, Є beneath. McAlee 723c var. (obv. legend); BMC 386 var. (same). 3.93gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar, AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 2 (AD 69/70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head of Vespasian to right / ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, laureate head of Titus to right; star to left, barred B (date) to right. RPC II 1940; McAlee 328; Prieur 106A. 15.17gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
AVT K MAP AVPH ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head to right / ANTIOXEΩN MHTPO KO, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding grain ears; river-god Orontes swimming left below, ram running left above, Δ-E and S-C across fields. RPC VI, 30603 (temporary). 17.49gr, 33mm, 6h
Very Fine. Very rare; only one example cited by Roman Provincial Coinage Online.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
