LOT 3087
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 16mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Dated Year 115 (AD 66/7). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄ-ΩΝ ΕΙΡ (date), laurel branch; dot below. RPC I, 4306; BMC Phoenicia 90-91; SNG Copenhagen 111. Near Very Fine.(3.64gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Macrianus, Usurper BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 260-261.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Dated RY 1 (AD 260/1). Α Κ Τ Φ ΙΟΥΝ ΜΑΚΡΙΑΝΟϹ Є ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak; L A (date) in left field. Köln 3011; Dattari (Savio) 5380; K&G 94.1; Emmett 3785.1. 10.91gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Paula AE Assarion of Parium, Mysia. AD 219-220.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
IVLIA PAVLA AVG, diademed and draped bust of Julia Paula to right / C G I H P, capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. RPC VI online 3858; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock -. 6.44gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙϹ • Λ • ΑΥΡ • ΟΥΗΡΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΓΑΔΑΡЄ-ധΝ • ЄΚϹ •, bareheaded and beardless male head (Marcus Aurelius?) to right. RPC IV Online 8551; Spijkerman 59; Rosenberger 59; Sofaer 57. 5.40gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
