LOT 3240
Titus AE 24mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
[AYTO]KPAT[ΩP] TITOC KAI[CAP], laureate head of Titus to right; c/m: head of Herakles (Melkarth), bearded, wearing lion's skin to right, within circular incuse / [ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN], laureate head of Herakles-Domitian to right; [L ΓMP (date)] behind. RPC II 2106; Spijkerman 9; Rosenberger 7; for c/m: Howgego 17. Good Fine.(9.67gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Titus AE 25mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Titus to right; c/m: head of Herakles (Melkarth), bearded, wearing lion's skin to right, within circular incuse / Laureate head of Herakles-Domitian to right. Cf. RPC II, 2106; for c/m: Howgego 17. 10.99gr, 25mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AE 17mm of Nicopolis as Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AV K CEVH[POC], laureate head to right / NIKOΠOΛ-I ΠPOC ICT, Herakles, naked, standing facing, head to left, holding patera with right hand and club and lion-skin with left. Varbanov 2297; Moushmov 1012. 2.48gr, 17mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Augustus AE 18mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVG, bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. RPC I 1656; SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); Varbanov 3770. 5.02gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
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