LOT 3119
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Dichalkon. Dated year 117(?) of the Caesarean Era (AD 68/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Head of Apollo to right, wearing tainia / Laurel branch; ET [Z?]IP (date) around. Cf. RPC I, 4323; cf. McAlee 116(b). Very Fine.(2.89gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
AVT K M A ANTWNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC TO B, eagle standing left, head to left, with wreath in beak and wings spread; Δ - Є across field, star between legs. Cf. RPC VI Online 7959. 12.22gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I AE 25mm of Philomelium, Phrygia. AD 244-249. ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣ (Marcus, son of Nestor), archon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΝΕϹΤΟΡΟC ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕΩΝ, river-god Gallos reclining to left, holding cornucopia and reed with right hand, and resting left elbow on urn from which water flows. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 20688. 7.81gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE 25mm of Dora, Phoenicia. Dated CY 180 (AD 117/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝധ [ΚΑΙС], laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ΔധΡ ΙЄΡ ΑСΥΛ ΑΥ[Τ ΝΑΥΑΡ], laureate head of Doros to right; [aphlaston? befo], [date below]. Cf. RPC III, 3919; cf. Meshorer 37; cf. Sofaer 33. 13.29gr, 25mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
