LOT 3492
Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 222-235.
[IMP] CAES M AVΡ SEV ALEXANDER, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [SEP] TVRO METROP COL [PEMIC?], three-quarter view of temple with four columns to right, with stairway; globe in pediment; below, murex shell; Δ above. Cf. RPC VI Online 8698 (temporary); cf. Rouvier 2384 (as Elagabalus). Near Very Fine. Rough surfaces.(7.01gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3492
Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Tyre, Phoenicia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Macedon under Roman Rule, First Meris AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 156-2nd half of 2nd century BC. Amphipolis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder, on the boss of a Macedonian shield / Club; monogram of ΒΥΔΡ and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ and monograms of KT and MET below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Cf. Prokopov, Silver, Group II.A, 258 (slightly differing lower monograms); HGC 3, 1103. 16.67gr, 31mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE Triassarion or 3 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Μ ΟΠΕΛΛΙΟΝ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟN Κ (NE ligate), bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟ-ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Artemis advancing to right, with right hand drawing arrow from quiver on shoulder and holding bow in left; at her feet, hound running to right; in left field, Γ (mark of value). H&J 6.25.13.1; Varbanov 1313. 8.39gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins, UK. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Bizya, Thrace. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / BIZVHNΩN, athlete standing to left, dropping distance marker. Varbanov 1596; Jurukova 159-60. 3.42gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 62, 17 October 2019, lot 717. Property of a London antiquarian.
