LOT 3457
Titus AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
Laureate head of Herakles-Domitian to right / Laureate head of Titus to right; c/m: head of Herakles (Melkarth), bearded, wearing lion's skin to right, within circular incuse. Cf. RPC II, 2106; for c/m: Howgego 17. Good Fine.(11.46gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Philip I AE 25mm of Philomelium, Phrygia. AD 244-249. ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣ (Marcus, son of Nestor), archon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΝΕϹΤΟΡΟC ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕΩΝ, river-god Gallos reclining to left, holding cornucopia and reed with right hand, and resting left elbow on urn from which water flows. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 20688. 7.81gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
• ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙ • ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ • ϹЄ •, laureate head to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ • ЄΞ • ΥΠΑΤΟϹ • ΤΟ • Γ •, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head and tail to left, with wreath in beak; between legs, star. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 87425; Bellinger 65; McAlee 33; Amandry & Prieur 48; Prieur 1164. 12.54gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Maeonia AE 14mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate and draped bust of Herakles to right / ΜΑΙΟΝΩ[Ν], club and bow in bowcase; above, bee. RPC III, 2428; GRPC Lydia 20; SNG von Aulock 3008. 2.98gr, 14mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
