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. -
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. Died AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΘЄΑ] ΦΑΥϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Bundle of three barley-ears, NT BO across field; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 6365 (temporary); Kindler 11; Rosenberger 11; Spijkerman 15; Sofaer 15. 2.12gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Galba AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 68-69.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Dated 'New Holy Year' 1(?) (AD 68). ΓAΛBAC KAICAP AYTOKPATΩP CEBACTOC, laureate head to right; star before / ETOYC NEOY IEP[OY A?], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, palm in left field. RPC I 4196; McAlee 305; Prieur 96. 15.49gr, 24mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
