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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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. -
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. AD 41-54.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,667
Struck circa AD 41-42. TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. 11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.
From the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included). -
Gallienus AE 36mm of Apollonia-Mordiaeum, Pisidia. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
AYT • K • Π • Λ • ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AΠOΛΛΩNI-ATΩN ΛV • ΘPAKO •, river-god Hippophoras reclining to left on overturned vase from which water flows, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left. Von Aulock, Pisidien II, 184-206; BMC 7; SNG Copenhagen 100 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 5000 (same dies). 21.09gr, 36mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 109, 27 May 2002, lot 790.
