LOT 3463
Septimius Severus AE 29mm of Medaba, Arabia. Dated CY 105 (AD 210/11).
AVT KAI CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Helios, raising hand and holding torch, driving facing quadriga; P-Є (date) in lower field. Cf. Sofaer 2. Near Very Fine.(11.77gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Lucius Verus AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤO Λ OΥΗΡOϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΚ-ΥΡΑϹ, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC IV.3 Online 9787 = Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, GR 19738 (Ankyra in Phrygia). 4.12gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 263/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
• AY • K Π ΛIK ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / Tyche standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; L IA (retrograde) to upper left. RPC X Online 75490; Köln 2919; Dattari (Savio) 5267; K&G 90.76; Emmett 3836.11. 13.26gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Countermarked Roman Provincial AE 28mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Countermark: male imperial head to right within incuse circle / Blank. 6.35gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
