LOT 3464
Severus Alexander Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 222-235.
Dated RY 4 (AD 224-225). Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L Δ (date), Dikaiosyne standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RPC VI, 10270 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 4292. Near Very Fine.(14.12gr, 23mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman;
From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
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LOT 3464
Severus Alexander Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 30mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 243-4. A[VTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIA]NON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 19.72gr, 30mm, 5h
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Philip I AE 29mm of Damascus, Seleucis ad Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ΔAMAC METRO, nude Ambrosia standing facing, head to right, clasping vine tendrils, floral structure at feet from which vines emerge. RPC VIII unassigned ID 26786 (temporary). 16.74gr, 29mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
For more interpretations of the female figure on reverse, see G. Bijowski, "The myth of Daphne on a coin minted at Damascus," AJN 15 (2003), pp. 53-9 and K. Butcher, "Ambrosia in Damascus?," NC 170 (2010), pp. 85-91. -
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Domitian AE 17mm. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Tiberias mint; uncertain date. [ΔΟΜΕΤ ΚΑΙϹ] ΓΕΡΜΑ, laureate head to right / [...]IΠΠA, Nike standing to right, foot on helmet, inscribing shield resting on knee. Cf. RPC II 2264; cf. Meshorer 152; cf. Hendin 6347. 4.57gr, 17mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
