LOT 3139
Septimius Severus AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211. ΑΥΡ. ΓΑΛΛΟC (Aurelius Gallus), legatus consularis.
AV • K • Λ • CЄ CЄVHPOC Π, laureate head to right / VΠ • AVP ΓAΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛIT ΠPOC I (ΠΡ ligate), Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Varbanov 2607 var. (legends). Near Very Fine. Rare.(13.09gr, 27mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3139
Septimius Severus AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. Struck AD 210-211. ΦΛ. ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΟΣ (Flavius Ulpianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / V ΦΛ ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟC I, Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. AMNG I 1579 var. (bust); Varbanov 3137 var. (same). 13.19gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Domitian AE 'Sestertius' of Philippopolis, Thrace. Struck AD 88-89.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, City-goddess holding patera and wheat ears standing to left by the river god Hebros, who reclines to right on vase from which water flows, holding long reed in left hand, while another reed grows behind him. RPC II, 351; Mionnet I p. 415, 340; Varbanov 622. 23.62gr, 36mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AYT K M ANTWNЄINOC[...], laureate head to right, slight drapery(?) on left shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ Y[...], eagle with spread wings, head and tail to right, standing facing and holding wreath in beak; Є(retrograde)-Δ across upper fields; between legs, star. Cf. Prieur 278. 11.61gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
