LOT 3495
Severus Alexander BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 225/6).
A KAI MA AVP CЄV AΛЄZANΔPOC [ЄV], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche reclining to left, on garlanded lectisternium, wearing kalathos and holding rudder; L Є (date) in upper field. RPC VI Online 10306; Dattari 4384; Emmett 3140. Very Fine.(10.57gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Marcus Aurelius AE 27mm of Adraa, Arabia. Dated CY 70 (AD 175/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[ΑΥΤ] Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟϹ(sic), laureate head to right / ΔΟΥϹΑΡΗϹ ΘЄΟϹ ΑΔΡΑΗΝധΝ Є ΒO (date), dome-shaped baetyl on altar supported by columns; head of ibex to left and right, flight of stairs between columns. RPC IV.3 Online 6721; Rosenberger 2; SNG ANS 1131. 11.29gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 21mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 24 of Agrippa II (AD 83/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΔOMЄT KAICA[P?] ΓЄPMANI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Victory standing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄTO KΔ(date) B[AC] across fields; AΓPI-ΠΠA below. RPC II, 2262; TJC 150; Sofaer 208-9; Hendin GBC 6 6345; Hendin GBC 5 1315. 11.20gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ [...], laureate head to right / [ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ?], Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. Cf. RPC III 2618. 9.37gr, 23mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means ''of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support.
