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 Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Isis enthroned to right, crowned with horns and solar disc, suckling the infant Harpokrates, crowned with skhent, holding lotus flower; on back of throne, hawk at each corner; L Iϛ (date) across field. RPC III 5813; Köln 1046 var. (date placement); (Savio) 1749 var. (same); K&G 32.530; Emmett 1138.16. 7.31gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 3 (AD 286/7). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; star in upper left field, ЄTOYC Γ (date) around. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75978; Dattari (Savio) 5759; Emmett 4082. 7.34gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
