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 and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck AD 219. AYT K M A • • ANTWNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔHMAPX EΞ VΠATOC TO B •, eagle standing facing, head and tail to right, with wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields, star between legs. McAlee 761; Prieur 254. 14.11gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Lydia, Maeonia AE 19mm. Time of Trajan Decius, AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Branching vine with large trunk and two grape bunches / MAIO-NΩN, Hercules standing facing, head to right, holding cornucopia and lion skin with his right hand, and leaning his left on club. RPC IX -; GRPC Lydia, 72; SNG Hunterian 1989. 3.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare. Dark brown patina with orange-sandy highlights. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
