LOT 2943
Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.(17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2943
Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Hadrian AE 24mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 128-138. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 12.61gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Elagabalus AE 19mm of Charachmoba, Arabia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤW]ΝΙΝΟ, laureate head to right; star before / XA-PAX-[...], platform with steps leading up to it, on which is column flanked by baetyls; to right, priest seated to left. Cf. RPC VI, 9365 (temporary); cf. Rosenberger 2; Sofaer 3 var. (bust). 6.32gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 19mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated RY 18(?) of the second era of Agrippa II (77/8CE). [ΔOMITIANOC] KAICAP, laureate head to right / Nike-Victory standing to right, foot on helmet, inscribing shield resting upon knee. Cf. RPC II 2256; cf. Meshorer 144; cf. Hendin 1309. 5.27gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
