LOT 3323
Severus Alexander AE 36mm of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 222-235. Marcus Vinicius Polites, strategos.
ΑY Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄY ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ • ΠΡΩ • ΑϹΙ • Γ ΝЄΩ • Τ-ΩΝ • ϹЄΒ ЄΠ Ϲ • ΠΟΛЄΙΤΟΥ, Cybele seated on throne to left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 4680; Klose 3. Good Very Fine. Excessively rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.(21.86gr, 36mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, France.
Private European collection.
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Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Ancyra, Phrygia. AD 138-161. ΛΙΚΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΡΧΩΝ (Likinios, archon).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛOϹ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝOϹ, bare head to right / Є-ΠΙ ΛΙΚΙΝΙOΥ ΑΡ-Χ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ, Zeus, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding anchor in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RPC IV.2 Online 1722; BMC 26-27. 8.20gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AE 22mm of Satala, Armenia AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[IMP CAES COMMODO AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / LEG XV, three military standards; the middle one surmounted by eagle on thunderbolt. RPC IV.3 Online 10431; Fox, Tale Cm-C1a; Dandrow, Satala Type II. 5.14gr, 22mm, 4h.
Good Fine. Extremely rare; only three examples cited by RPC Online and one example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Septimius Severus AE 27mm of Heliopolis, Coele. AD 211-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from front / I O M H COL HEL (Iupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus colonia Heliopolitana), aerial perspective view of the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84871; Sawaya 403-407. 12.53gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
