LOT 3187
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 18mm. Dated year 177 (AD 128/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, head of Zeus to right wearing taenia / ЄT ZOP (date), Boule of Antioch seated to left, dropping voting pebble into urn; B to left. RPC III, 3739; CRS 272; McAlee 126(b). Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only three specimens recorded by RPC Online.(5.40gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 241-244. ΣΑΒ. ΜΟΔΕΣΤΟΣ [Sab(inius?) Modestus], legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AΥT K M ANTΩ ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΥΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOΥ (OY ligate) NIKOΠOΛЄIT[ΩN] ΠΡOC IC[TPON], Tyche standing facing in tetrastyle temple, head to left, holding cornucopia; in pediment, globe. RPC VII.2, 1310; AMNG 2087-90. 10.99gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AE 25mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[...] ANTWNINO[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑИΤΙΟΧ [...] ΑΡΟΤ[...], tetrastyle temple, within which Zeus Arotesios standing to left, in short chiton, holding thunderbolt(?) and surrounded by stars and crescents; at his feet, small Pegasus to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 9228; cf. Spijkerman 29-30; cf. Sofaer 30-1. 14.98gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 208-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
• AVT • KAI CЄOVHPOC CЄ •, laureate and draped bust to right / • ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC • TO • Γ •, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. McAlee, Severan, Group III, 25; Prieur 1149. 12.99gr, 28mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
