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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Elagabalus and Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ (Iulius Antonius Seleukos), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ, confronted busts of Elagabalus to right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Julia Maesa to left, draped and wearing stephane / ΥΠ ΙƔΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (AP and ΩN ligate), Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; E (mark of value) to right. RPC VI, 1442 (temporary); AMNG 935-6; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.1.1-3. 15.49gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III AE 30mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. Dated CY 3 (AD 241/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head to left, extending hands over bull and lion standing on either side; AN III (date) in exergue. RPC VII.2 20; H&J, Viminacium 8; Varbanov 115. 16.85gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ CΕΥΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / ΟΥΛΠΙΑC CΕΡΔΙΚΗC, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia. Varbanov 2393. 18.13gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
