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 BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 69-70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ[Α ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right; beneath chin, L B (date) / Nike flying to left with wreath and palm. RPC II, 2412; Dattari 360; Geissen 276-277. 9.79gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Salonina, Augusta AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΠΟ ΛΙ ΚΟΡ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ C, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / ΑΦΡΟΔ-Ι-ϹΙЄΩΝ, cult statue of Aphrodite standing to right; to left and right, priestess seated to right and fountain (?); above, star and crescent. RPC X unassigned ID 60138; MacDonald 232. 6.64gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AE 22mm of Satala, Armenia AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[IMP CAES COMMODO AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / LEG XV, three military standards; the middle one surmounted by eagle on thunderbolt. RPC IV.3 Online 10431; Fox, Tale Cm-C1a; Dandrow, Satala Type II. 5.14gr, 22mm, 4h.
Good Fine. Extremely rare; only three examples cited by RPC Online and one example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
