LOT 3216
Volusian AE 25mm of Damascus, Coele-Syria. AD 251-253.
IMP GALLO VOLOSSIANO AVG, laureate bust to right, with slight drapery / COL ΔAMAS METR, Doe standing to right, suckling infant Telephos; [in exergue, head of ram to right]. RPC IX online 1968 var. (ΔAMA). Very Fine.(8.88gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Elagabalus and Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ (Iulius Antonius Seleukos), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ, confronted busts of Elagabalus to right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Julia Maesa to left, draped and wearing stephane / ΥΠ ΙƔΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (AP and ΩN ligate), Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; E (mark of value) to right. RPC VI, 1442 (temporary); AMNG 935-6; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.1.1-3. 15.49gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211. ΑΥΡ. ΓΑΛΛΟC (Aurelius Gallus), legatus consularis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AV • K • Λ • CЄ CЄVHPOC Π, laureate head to right / VΠ • AVP ΓAΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛIT ΠPOC I (ΠΡ ligate), Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Varbanov 2607 var. (legends). 13.09gr, 27mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head to right / [ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΥΠΡΙΩΝ], temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 92. 15.59gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
