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LOT 2829
Septimius Severus AE 24mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
A K Λ ϹЄΠ [...]ΥΗ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡΙA ΠЄ-ΤΡΑ ΜΗΤ, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding small bust in extended right hand and trophy in left. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 93616. Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited by RPC Online.(8.90gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Antoninus PIus AE 22mm of Nysa-Scythopolis, Decapolis. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥ]ΤOΚ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝO[Ϲ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄ], laureate head to right / ΝΥϹΑ Ϲ ΚOI ϹΥΡΙΑϹ, Dionysus standing to left with legs crossed, holding cantharus and thyrsus; to left, panther seated to left, head to right. RPC IV.3 Online 6465 (temporary); Barkay 15; Spijkerman 5; Rosenberger 11; Sofaer 15. 9.26gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 102-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right / Large S C, BI (date) below; all within laurel wreath. RPC III, 3595; Wruck 192; CRS 209; McAlee 487(m). 14.43gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus(?) AE 20mm of Phoenician mint, possibly Botrys. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate bust to right / Front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which deity standing, facing. Cf. RPC VI Online 8221 (temporary). 7.44gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
