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LOT 3239
Titus AE 25mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
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. Fine.(10.99gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 102-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK, laureate head right / S C, within laurel wreath; Z below. McAlee 487g; BMC 278. 10.35gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins. Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[...] M AVPH ANTΩNINOC, laureate head to right / OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia. Cf. Varbanov 2387. 17.90gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΝΟΒΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ (Titus Flavius Novius Rufus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPΩ, eagle standing facing, with wings spread, head and tail to left, holding wreath in beak. RPC VI, 1192 (temporary); Moushmov 1434; H&J, Nicopolis 8.26.1.16. 11.82gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
