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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LOT 2959
Seleucis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanon AE 22mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Augustus (Octavian) AE Diobol or 80 Drachmai of Alexandria, Egypt. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
First series. Struck circa 30-28 BC. [ΘΕΟ]Υ ΥΙΟΥ, bare head of Augustus to right / [ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ] ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, double cornucopiae; to right, Π (mark of value). RPC I 5001; Dattari (Savio) 2; Geissen 1; K&G 2.5. 17.10gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Dora AE 19mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated CY 130(?) (AD 66/7). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Doros to right / ΔധΡΕ[ΙΤധΝ], Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding signa and cornucopia; [?]ΛP (date) to left. Cf. RPC I 4758; cf. Meshorer, Dora 20. 9.10gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Augustus AE 19mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Died AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck under Trajan, AD 99-102. DIVOS AVGVSTVS, bare head to right / Two military standards, each surmounted by eagle and two signa; COL V above, BER VIII between. RPC III 3836; Rouvier 497. 7.17gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
