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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Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing ram's horn with solar disk and uraei; date in field. Cf. RPC IV.4 Online 1517 (dated RY 17). 22.85gr, 33mm, 12h.
Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 225-229. ΟΥΜ. ΤΕΡΕΒΕΝΤΙΝΟΣ (Um. Tereventinus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AVT K M AVP CEVH ΑΛEΞΑΝΔΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HΓ(ligate) ƔM TEPEBENTINOV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙ-T-ΩΝ(ligate), Homonoia, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RPC VI, 1686 (temporary); AMNG 1033-1034; H&J, Marcianopolis 6.32.36.10-13. 10.63gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 242.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX Є-Ξ YΠA TO B, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to left, head to right. RPC VII.2 3513; Prieur 295. 14.16gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
