LOT 3212
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck circa AD 207-209.
AYT KAI CЄOYHPOC CЄ •, laureate and draped bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC Γ, eagle standing to right, head and tail to left, with wings displayed; star between legs. Prieur 1140. Good Very Fine.(14.54gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3212
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Elagabalus and Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ (Iulius Antonius Seleukos), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ, confronted busts of Elagabalus to right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Julia Maesa to left, draped and wearing stephane / ΥΠ ΙƔΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (AP and ΩN ligate), Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; E (mark of value) to right. RPC VI, 1442 (temporary); AMNG 935-6; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.1.1-3. 15.49gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Caracalla and Julia Domna AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-217. ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTΩNINOC AVOVCTOC IOΥΛIA [...], laureate head of Caracalla to right vis-à-vis draped bust of Julia Domna to left / [...]TIΛIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛI[...], Nemesis standing to left, raising right hand to her mouth and holding cubit-rule with left; at feet, griffin to left and wheel; Є (mark of value) in left field. Cf. Varbanov 1034. 12.30gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
