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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Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / L Є (date) within laurel wreath. RPC X Unassigned ID 75716; Köln 3089; Dattari (Savio) 5469; K&G 106.49; Emmett 3961.5. 10.39gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE. Sebaste or Aelia Capitolina mint. Legio X Fretensis issue.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Flavian bust to right / Two c/m's over uncertain host coin: LXF (for Legio X Fretensis) above boar advancing to right within rectangular incuse and galley to right within rectangular incuse. Hendin 1609; for countermarks: Howgego 291 and 409. 10.94gr, 25mm.
Countermarks: Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Diadumenian, as Caesar, AE 15mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
M OΠEΛΛIOC ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, crescent and three stars. Varbanov 1320. 2.88gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
