LOT 3458
Severus Alexander AE 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 222-235.
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ Α ϹЄΟ ΑΛЄΞ[...], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ, Tyche of the City seated on rock to left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming to left; above, ram leaping to left, looking back; to left, star; Δ Ε and S C across fields. Cf. RPC VI Oline 8068. Near Very Fine.(15.01gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3458
Severus Alexander AE 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Elagabalus AE 28mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 2 (AD 218/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Illegible inscription, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: radiate head of Helios / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ЄΤ Β (date), agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar, surmounted by three figures. Cf. RPC VI Online 30824. 11.33gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE 15mm. Late 1st century BC(?). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena to left, wearing aegis / ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄΩΝ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond. RPC II, 1298; SNG von Aulock 3817; BMC 81. 2.36gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE 22mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 7(?) (AD 227/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΑΥ Κ ϹЄΟΥΗ ΑΛЄ[...], radiate and draped bust to right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄѠϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ЄΤ [Ζ?] in six lines. RPC VI Online 6845 (temporary); BMC 334-5; SNG von Aulock 6521. 8.06gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
