LOT 2822
Salonina, Augusta Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 254-268.
Dated RY 12 of Gallienus (AD 264/265). KOPNHΛIA CAΛധNЄINA CЄB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / Eirene standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; palm frond to left, IB L (date) to right. Köln 2969; Dattari (Savio) 5331; K&G 91.33; Emmett 3855.12. Very Fine.(8.27gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2822
Salonina, Augusta Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Caracalla AE Medallion of Sardeis, Lydia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΛΟΥΚΙΟΣ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΣ, ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ KAI ΑΣΙΑΡΧΗΣ (Loukios Kornelios Vettenianos, strategos and asiarch). Struck AD 211-217. N A M AMATNYNЄINO (sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / KOP OYETTHNIAN M AP NYONVS VIΓΑΟΥ Κ ΜΟ (sic) around, XPY-CANΘIN[A C]APΔIA-NΩN [...blundered insciption] in six lines within laurel wreath. For another example with similar legends cf. GRPC 523. 19.02gr, 35mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently the only known example with these legends.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 23.00gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Philip I AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ANTIOXEΩΝ ΜΗΤPΟ KΟΛΩN, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; ram leaping to right with head to left above, Δ Є over S C across fields, star below. McAlee 990. 15.19gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
