LOT 3455
Septimius Severus AE 24mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
[A K Λ] ϹЄΠ ϹЄOYH CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡΙ • ΠЄΤΡ • • • A • ΜΗΤΡ, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding small stele in extended right hand and trophy in left. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68620; Spijkerman 27. Very Fine.(8.26gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 134/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT KAIC TΡAIAN ΑΔΡIANOC CЄΒ, laureate head to left, with slight drapery(?) on his right shoulder / L ЄΝΝЄΑ Κ Δ (date), draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos. RPC III 5943; Dattari (Savio) 1465; K&G 32.621; Emmett 889.19. 5.65gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Faustina II AE 20mm of Alia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 150-161. ΓΑΪΟΣ ΑΣΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΓΡΕΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΣ (Gaius Asinius Agreus Philopappos), archiereus/asiarch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ, draped bust to right / ΑΓΡЄΥϹ ΑΡΧΙЄ-ΡΑΤЄ [ΑΛΙΗΝΟΙϹ], Aphrodite standing facing, nude, head to left, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand; to left at her feet, uncertain object (column or tree trunk). RPC IV.2 Online 1762; von Aulock Phrygiens I, 78-9; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 195, no. 5. 4.81gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 19mm of Adraa, Arabia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AV KЄCAP ANTWNINO, laureate head to right / ΤΥΧ • A-ΔΡΗΝW •, Tyche of the City(?) standing to right, holding cornucopia and long sceptre and placing foot on river god swimming to right. RPC VI Online 9236 corr.; Spijkerman 14 var. (legends). 5.62gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
