LOT 3172
Valerian I AE 34mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-260.
ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝ-ΟC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ below, ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΚΑ- around, -ΛΥΚΑΔ-ΝΩ in two lines above, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos, cornucopia over shoulder on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; branch between. RPC X Online unassigned ID 60507. Very Fine.(14.49gr, 34mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYT K M A C ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHT KOΛ ЄΔЄϹCHΝΩN, the Tyche of Edessa seated to left on rock, holding ears of grain; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VI 7852 (temporary) var. (obverse legend). 6.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Gordian III AE 18mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[M ANT Γ]ΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC AVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / N I K A [IEΩN], four legionary standards; the centre two topped with capricorns(?), the outer two, topped with crowns. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1968; cf. Rec Gen 715. 3.33gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Titus AE 24mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[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. 9.67gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
