LOT 3085
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 21mm. Time of Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14.
Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Dated year 44 of the Actian Era (AD 13/14). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Zeus to right / EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOXEΩN, ram running to right, head to left; star above, ΔM (date) below. RPC I 4269; McAlee 99. Very Fine.(7.14gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Thrace, Hadrianopolis AE 19mm. Time of Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Head of Herakles to left / ΑΔΡΙΑ-[Ν]ΟΠΟΛ, Herakles standing facing, head to left, holding club and lion skin. RPC VII.2, 787. 4.32gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Possibly contemporary imitation. Blundered legend, laureate head to right / Blundered legend, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash to left. For prototype cf. Prieur 954. 11.70gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan cracks at 2h and 4h.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Commodus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ ΚΟΜΜΟΔ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right, set on eagle standing facing, head to right, with wings displayed. RPC IV.3, 6632 (temporary); Spijkerman 25a; Sofaer 22. 6.27gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
