LOT 3089
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117.
Struck AD 116/7. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑͶΟϹ ΑΡΙ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ • ΔΑ • Κ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; club to left / • ΔHMAPX • [...], laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, wearing lion skin around neck. Cf. RPC III 3562; cf. McAlee 467 (Tyre); cf. Prieur 1522 (Tyre). Near Very Fine.(13.49gr, 25mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Philip II AE 24mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 8.93gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus AE 30mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AV, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL TV-RO ME, shrine with four columns and arcuated lintel; within, bust of Astarte to right; below, two carrying-poles projecting from front of base and murex shell. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 86131 corr. (bust not draped); BMC Phoenicia 478; Rouvier 2522 var. (laureate bust). 14.19gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only two examples on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ ΚΟΜΜΟΔ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right, set on eagle standing facing, head to right, with wings displayed. RPC IV.3, 6632 (temporary); Spijkerman 25a; Sofaer 22. 6.27gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
