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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Julia Augusta (Livia) AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 39 of Augustus (AD 9/10).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Draped bust to right / L ΛΘ (date) within oak wreath. RPC I, 5042; Köln 37; Dattari (Savio) 66; K&G 3.7; Emmett 57.39. 3.41gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Maesa AE 28mm of Caesarea Panias(?), Judaea. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IOVΛIA MЄCA [...], draped bust to right / Front view of temple with two columns, within which Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder, placing foot on galley prow. Cf. RPC VI Online 9204. 15.81gr, 28mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Anazarbus, Cilicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, radiate head to right / ANAZA-[P]B MHTP-O, octastyle temple, pellet in pediment; AMK (ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ) below. Cf. RPC VI Online 10855 = Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 61, 2011, 27,3. 5.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Reverse slightly off-centre. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
