LOT 3385
Valerian AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 253-260.
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL TV-RO METR, Cadmus advancing to right holding spear in left hand and beckoning behind him with right; to left, murex shell. RPC X Unassigned ID 62891 var. (bust and obverse legend). Very Fine. Very rare.(11.20gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 26mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 18 (AD 77/78).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠ[Α ΚΑΙϹ]ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟΥ ΗΙ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing to left, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II, 2254; Meshorer 14; Hendin 6337; Sofaer 195. 10.27gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian I BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 256/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A K Π ΛI OVAΛЄPIANOC ЄV ЄVC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L Δ (date) across field. Köln 2862; Dattari (Savio) 5184; K&G 88.23; Emmett 3705.4. 11.99gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Septimius Severus AE 27mm of Heliopolis, Coele. AD 211-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from front / I O M H COL HEL (Iupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus colonia Heliopolitana), aerial perspective view of the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84871; Sawaya 403-407. 12.53gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
