LOT 2959
Seleucis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanon AE 22mm. Circa 85-40 BC.
Ptolemaios, tetrarch. Dated SE 240 (73/2 BC). Laureate head of Zeus to right / The Dioskouroi standing facing, heads turned inward, each holding spear; LMΣ (date) to right. Herman 1; HGC 9, 1439; DCA2 746. Very Fine.(6,72gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. Died AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΘЄΑ] ΦΑΥϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Bundle of three barley-ears, NT BO across field; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 6365 (temporary); Kindler 11; Rosenberger 11; Spijkerman 15; Sofaer 15. 2.12gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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. -
Antoninus Pius AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). ΑΥΤ Κ [Τ ΑΙΛ] ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / Serpent Agathodaemon erect to right, crowned with skhent; L H (date) across field. RPC IV.4 893.7 (this coin); Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 8918; K&G 35.289 var. (obv. legend); Emmett 1736.8. 10.16gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 563, 5 June 2024, lot 559. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 299, 27 March 2013, lot 336.
