LOT 2963
Severus Alexander, as Caesar AE 26mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. AD 221-222.
M AVR ALEXANDRVS CAES, bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL AVR PIA MET[RO SID] (Colonia Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon), three standards with aquilae. RPC VI 8532 (temporary). Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited in RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.(10.17gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2963
Severus Alexander, as Caesar AE 26mm of Sidon, Phoenicia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Judaea, Legionary countermarks AE 22mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Possibly Legio XII Fulminata issue. Flavian(?) bust to right; thunderbolt within rectangular countermark / Blank. For countermark: Howgego 475. 9.09gr, 22mm.
Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector.
The thunderbolt countermarks may have been applied for the Legio II Fulminata, but Howgego also suggests that they more likely relate to the cult of Zeus Hypsistos. -
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Domitian AE 18mm of Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-96.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
[ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ]ΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕ[ΡΜ], laureate head to right / [ΚΛΑΥΔΙΕധΝ Λ]ΕΥΚ[ΑΔΙധΝ], veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right, wearing mural crown. RPC II 2038; SNG München -. 4.74gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Struck AD 112-114. ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚHC ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟC ς (Tribunitia Potestas Consul VI) issue. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤO ς, aquila between two signa; that to the left surmounted by wreath, that to the right by hand. RPC III 4059 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Tell Kalak 10; Sydenham, Caesarea 226. 9.54gr, 23mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
