LOT 3244
Severus Alexander AE Assarion of Bostra, Arabia. AD 222-235.
IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COLONIA BOSTRA, Marsyas standing right, raising right hand and holding wineskin over shoulder with left. Kindler 37; Spijkerman 49. Near Very Fine.(4.66gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3244
Severus Alexander AE Assarion of Bostra, Arabia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 20 (AD 116/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
ΑVΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑΡ, radiate bust to right, with aegis over far shoulder; star in right field / Bust of Nilus to right, wearing taenia, cornucopia at shoulder; L K (date) across fields. RPC III, 4919; Dattari (Savio) 6866-7; Emmett 387.20. 12.82gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 (AD 136/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hexastyle monumental altar (of Caesareum); within, veiled female figure (Eusebia?); above, pyre of burning pinecones; L KA (date) below. RPC III, 6145; Dattari (Savio) 1893; Emmett 910.21; K&G 32.727. 25.06gr, 34mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AE 21mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AV Λ CЄΠT CЄVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum; lion to left and right. Varbanov 723. 4.90gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
