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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Tiberius AE 19mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[TI] AVG, bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 1657; BMC 89. 3.31gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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.
