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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. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜ[ΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eusebeia standing facing, head to left, holding incense box and sacrificing over altar at her feet to left; in upper left field, star; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76022; Dattari (Savio) 5893. 7.50gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 'As' of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Illegible inscription, laureate head to right / Large S C within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC III, 3582. 13.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector.
