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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Commodus AE 17mm of Gerasa, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤΟΝΙ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΝ Τധ ΠΡ ΧΡ Τധ ΠP; turreted Tyche seated on rock to left, upper part of body and head to right, holding grain ears in each hand; below, swimming river-god. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6605; cf. Spijkerman 23. 2.87gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ, laureate head to right / Trophy; bound captive seated to left and right; L K-A (date) across field. RPC IV.4 3380; Köln 2205; Dattari (Savio) 3904; K&G 41.25; Emmett 2559.21. 9.97gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AE Assarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥ Κ ΛI CE CEYHPOC, laureate head to right / NIKOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding patera and long sceptre. HH&J, Nikopolis 8.14.1.20; AMNG 1346; Varbanov 2461. 2.58gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
