LOT 3245
Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 222-235.
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). Good Very Fine.(6.36gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Faustina I AE Assarion of Pessinus, Galatia. AD 138-140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΦΑΥСΤЄΙΝΑ СЄΒΑСΤΗ,draped bust to right / ΠЄССΙΝOΥΝΤΙΩΝ, draped bust of Serapis wearing kalathos to left. RPC IV.3, 10686 (temporary); Devreker -. 4.85gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Tiberius AE 19mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
TI AVG, bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 1657; BMC 89. 5.51gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AE 29mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: bust or Herakles-Melkarth to right / SEPTIM TVRO COLO, Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre and resting on trophy on her right, crowned by Nike standing on small column to left, on her left; at her feet, to left, small Marsyas standing to right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand; to right, murex shell. RPC VI, 8674 (temporary); BMC 390; for countermark: GIG 15. 12.96gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
