LOT 3185
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE Dichalkon. Dated year 25 (7/6 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right / ANTIOXEΩN MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ AYTONOMOY, tripod; E-K (date) across field; all within wreath. RPC I, 4243; McAlee 89. Near Very Fine.(4.85gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Augustus AE 18mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
[AVG], bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right. RPC I 1656; Varbanov 3770. 4.03gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 of Antoninus Pius (AD 144/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ [ΚΑΙϹΑΡ]. bare-headed and draped bust to right / ΟΜΟ-[ΝΟΙΑ], Homonoia standing to left, holding patera over lighted altar and double cornucopia; L [H] (date) across field. RPC IV.4, 867; Dattari (Savio) 3203. 24.11gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
