LOT 3446
Septimius Severus AE 18mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 193-211.
Laureate head to to right / Male figure seated to left on Mount Argaeus, holding branch in his right hand and resting his left on globe. Near Very Fine.(5.55gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla AE 22mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 211-215.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[IMP M AVR SEV ANTON AVG], laureate head to right / [COL BER], Poseidon standing facing, head to left, wearing polos, in quadriga of four hippocamps, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 74074; Rouvier 563; cf. BMC 156–159; cf. Sawaya 1463-1485. 9.72gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ Α ϹЄΟ ΑΛЄΞ[...], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ, Tyche of the City seated on rock to left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming to left; above, ram leaping to left, looking back; to left, star; Δ Ε and S C across fields. Cf. RPC VI Oline 8068. 15.01gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar(?) AE 25mm of Paltus, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
[...] ΠΟ ΓЄΤΑC [...], bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΠΑΛΤΗΝധΝ [...], Nike standing to left, holding palm frond and wreath. Unpublished type of Paltus for Geta. 7.10gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
