LOT 3140
Septimius Severus AE 17mm of Nicopolis as Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
AV K CEVH[POC], laureate head to right / NIKOΠOΛ-I ΠPOC ICT, Herakles, naked, standing facing, head to left, holding patera with right hand and club and lion-skin with left. Varbanov 2297; Moushmov 1012. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(2.48gr, 17mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3140
Septimius Severus AE 17mm of Nicopolis as Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Augustus AE 16mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[AVG], bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. RPC I 1656; SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); Varbanov 3770. 4.95gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 28mm of Tomis, Moesia Inferior. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M IOVΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip to right, facing draped bust of Serapis to left / MHTPOΠ ΠONTOV TOMEΩC, Tyche standing facing, holding sceptre and cornucopia; at feet, right, Pontus Euxinus (personification of the Black Sea), swimming to right, crab claws on head. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 28158; AMNG 3613. 14.80gr, 28mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, drapery(?) on far shoulder / Isis or Euthenia standing to left, holding sceptre with right hand and cornucopia with left; in field, L I-Γ. Cf. RPC III, 4463; cf. Dattari (Savio) Suppl. Pl. 5, 81. 22.95gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen on RPC.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
