LOT 3310
Septimius Severus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 201-203. ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ ΓΑΛΛΟΣ (Aurelius Gallus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
AV • K • Λ • CЄΠ • CЄVHPOC • ΠE(ligate), laureate head to right / VΠA • AVP • ΓAΛΛOV • NEIKOΠOΛIT • ΠPOC • IC, Septimius Severus riding horse to right, spearing boar below. HH&J, Nicopolis 8.14.34.16; Varbanov 2617 var. (legends). Near Very Fine. Very rare.(12.67gr, 27mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3310
Septimius Severus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Nero AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81/3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP DOMITIA-[NVS] CAES AVG, laureate head of Domitian to right / S C within laurel wreath; below, Η. RPC II, 2021h; McAlee 407h. 13.09gr, 28mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Septimius Severus AE 25mm of Heliopolis, Coele. AD 211-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from front / I O M H COL HE[L?] (Iupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus colonia Heliopolitana), aerial perspective view of the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84889; Sawaya 410-420. 10.59gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Earthen brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17(?) (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, [L I-Z(?) (date)] below. Cf. RPC III, 4820; cf. Dattari (Savio) 7221; cf. Emmett 707.17. 1.75gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
