LOT 3121
Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 21mm. Dated SE 285 (28/7 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / [Α]ΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ [Κ]ΑΙ ΑΣVΛΟV, thyrsos; EΠΣ (date) to inner left, A-N across fields below. RPC I, 4349; SNG Hunterian 3140. Very Fine.(9.29gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / T-VRI-ORV-[M], hexastyle temple within stands Astarte erecting trophy, behind her, Nike standing on short column, placing wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. Cf. RPC VI, 8623 (temporary). 14.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.48gr, 16mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian, with Vaballathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 of Aurelian & RY 5 of Vabalathus (August AD 271-March AD 272).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Λ ΔΟΜ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; L B (date) across field / Ι Α Ϲ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝ Υ ΑΥΤ Ϲ Ρ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Vaballathus to right; L Є (date) across field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75754; Emmett 3914. 7.74gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
