LOT 3505
Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 71/2).
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L Δ (date) to right. RPC II 2434; Dattari (Savio) 383; K&G 20.34; Emmett 217.4. Very Fine. Light brown patina. Scratch on reverse.(9.74gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. BMC Mysia 111; SNG BnF 1502. 4.71gr, 22mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Silandus AE 18mm. Time of Septimius Severus to Caracalla, AD 193-217. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CIΛANΔЄΩN, helmetted and cuirassed bust of Athena to right, wearing aegis / CIΛANΔЄΩN, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 76882; GRPC Lydia 18. 3.90gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE 22mm of Zeugma, Commagene. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥC (retrograde), laureate head to left / ΖЄΥΓΜΑΤЄധΝ (Z retrograde), tetrastyle temple; before, colonnaded peribolos containing grove, below, ϶; all in laurel wreath. RPC IV.3 5755 (temporary). 9.84gr, 22mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
