LOT 3454
Septimius Severus AE 25mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹEΠΤ ϹEΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠЄΡ ϹEΒA, laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠEΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ[...], Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding small stele(?) in extended right hand and trophy in left. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68625; cf. Rosenberger IV, 19; cf. Spijkerman 2. Near Very Fine.(9.08gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Julia Maesa AE 28mm of Caesarea Panias(?), Judaea. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IOVΛIA MЄCA [...], draped bust to right / Front view of temple with two columns, within which Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder, placing foot on galley prow. Cf. RPC VI Online 9204. 15.81gr, 28mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 18mm of Gaza, Judaea. Dually dated CY 195 and Epidemia 7 (AD 135/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[Α ΚΑ ΤΡ Α]ΔΡ[ΙΑΝΟϹ], laureate head to right / Hercules standing facing, head to right, holding club and lion's skin; ΓΑΖ[Α] Ζ (Epidemia date) ΕΠΙ ΕЧ[Ρ] (CY date) around. RPC III, 4043; Sofaer 77. 5.26gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left, shield at side, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple; on each end of architrave, statues as acroteria; wreath in pediment, H to left, RS in exergue. Drost 87; R IC 202a. 7.08gr, 25mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
