LOT 3211
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 208-209.
• AVT • KAI CЄOVHPOC CЄ •, laureate and draped bust to right / • ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC • TO • Γ •, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. McAlee, Severan, Group III, 25; Prieur 1149. Extremely Fine.(12.99gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3211
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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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): £20
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, to left / YΠ MHNOΦIΛOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; E (mark of value) in right field. RPC VII.2, 1394; AMNG 1142. 13.91gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Philip II, as Caesar AE 26mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II and draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, facing one another / ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Demeter standing to left, holding ears of corn with poppy and long torch. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 48375; Karayotov 370-88. 12.14gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYT K M A C ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHT KOΛ ЄΔЄϹCHΝΩN, the Tyche of Edessa seated to left on rock, holding ears of grain; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VI 7852 (temporary) var. (obverse legend). 6.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
