LOT 3167
Septimius Severus AE 30mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. Dated CY 142 (AD 205/6).
AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / KOIN ΠO NЄOKAI MHTPO, statue of uncertain deity on tall base, facing to left, holding sceptre, within tetrastyle temple; temple walls seen behind, pellet in pediment; ЄT PMR (date) in exergue. RPC V.3 Online 85707. Very Fine.(11.72gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3167
Septimius Severus AE 30mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder; crescent to right / Agathodaemon serpent, crowned with pschent, erect to right, coiled around caduceus and ear of corn (or serpent's tail?); L Δ (date) in exergue. RPC III 5227.2; BMC 2867. 12.50gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, facing one another / YΠ MHNOΦIΛOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ-N, Sarapis standing facing, head to left, raising right hand and holding sceptre; E (mark of value) in left field. RPC VII.2, 1401; AMNG 1126. 12.42gr, 27mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AE 25mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΝΟΒΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ (Novius Rufus), legatus consularis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠΛITΩN(sic) Π ICT, eagle standing facing, spread wings, head to left, with wreath in beak. RPC VI, 1190 (temporary); Varbanov 3894. 12.09gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
