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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Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Struck AD 242. ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to left, head to right. RPC VII.2 3513; Prieur 295; McAlee 872. 13.92gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 31mm of Abila, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Uncertain CY date. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛΗΝധΝ Ι Α Α Γ [ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ...], Tyche of Abila, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; all within central arch of distyle temple façade; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3892 (temporary) (1 example); Spijkerman -. 18.18gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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 -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
