LOT 3163
Tiberius AE 17mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. AD 14-37.
TI AVG, bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 1657; BMC 89. Very Fine.(3.99gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Caracalla AE 15mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AV KЄC ANTΩN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / NIKOΠOΛIT ΠPOC ICTPO, bunch of grapes. Varbanov 2949 var. (bust and legends). 2.41gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Elagabalus AE 25mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[...] ANTWNINO[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑИΤΙΟΧ [...] ΑΡΟΤ[...], tetrastyle temple, within which Zeus Arotesios standing to left, in short chiton, holding thunderbolt(?) and surrounded by stars and crescents; at his feet, small Pegasus to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 9228; cf. Spijkerman 29-30; cf. Sofaer 30-1. 14.98gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
