Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 367

Price realized: 90 USD   (Approx. 83 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


JUDAEA, Caesarea Panias. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 CE. Æ (25mm, 13.53 g, 11h). Dated CY 172 (169 CE). Laureate bust right, draped shoulders / Pan, nude, standing facing, head right, playing flute; to right, tree trunk with syrinx hung on its lower section and pedum at foot of tree; PO-B (date) across field. Meshorer, Panias 6; RPC IV.3 Online 6308; Rosenberger 11 var. (bust type); Sofaer 5. Earthen brown patina. Near VF.

Ex William Rosenblum 43B (14 November 2013), lot 85.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558Auction date: 20 March 2024
Lot number: 391

Price realized: 100 USD   (Approx. 92 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


JUDAEA, Gaza. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 CE. Æ (19mm, 7.45 g, 12h). Dated CY 231 (170/1 CE). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Apollo standing left, chlamys over shoulder, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding long branch; AΛ[C] (date) and Marnas symbol to right. RPC IV.3 10994; Rosenberger –; Sofaer 124-6. Dark green and red patina, slightly off center. VF.

Ex Continental Collection, acquired in the 1980s (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 318, 15 January 2014), lot 467.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 339

Price realized: 90 USD   (Approx. 83 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


DECAPOLIS, Abila. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (28mm, 16.68 g, 1h). Dated CY 226 (AD 162/3). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / Statue of Tyche standing right, holding long scepter and uncertain object, crowned by Nike on right and rests foot on river-god Heiromax, two small figures on columns on either side; all within distyle shrine with domed roof; ЄKC (date) in exergue. Spijkerman 1; RPC IV.3 Online 6504; Rosenberger 1; Sofaer 142. Earthen red-brown surfaces, roughness. Fine.

Ex William Rosenblum 43A (14 February 2013), lot 37.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 376

Price realized: 1,700 USD   (Approx. 1,574 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


JUDAEA, Gaza. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. Æ (29mm, 14.55 g, 12h). Dated CY 260 (199/200 CE). AYT K MAP AYP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΓAZA, Tyche, turreted, standing facing, head left, holding long scepter and cornucopia; at her feet left, heifer standing left, marnas symbol to left; ΞC (date) to right. Yashin 428 var. (obv. legend); Rosenberger –; Sofaer –. Dark green patina with earthen highlights. VF. Very rare.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552Auction date: 13 December 2023
Lot number: 375

Price realized: 100 USD   (Approx. 93 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Drachm (33mm, 23.06 g, 11h). Dated RY 2 (AD 161/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing facing, head right, with wings displayed, wreath in beak; L B (date) in fields. Köln 2003 var. (eagle head left); Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 37.137; RPC IV.4 Online 2361; BMC 1306; Emmett 2106.2 (R5). Red-brown surfaces, roughness. Fine. Very rare.

From the Lionel Tenby Collection, purchased from John Jencek.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 515

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32.5mm, 22.18 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 (AD 157/8). Laureate and draped bust right / Barge of Sarapis: Sarapis enthroned left on the middle of a galley left, holding long scepter and extending right hand over Cerberus, seated at his feet left, on the throne back is Nike crowning him with a wreath; to the left; Isis Pharia standing left, holding billowing sail; to the right, Demeter, veiled, standing facing, head left, holding grain ears; [L KA (date) in exergue]. Köln 1871 (uncertain bust and year); Dattari (Savio) 2860; K&G –; RPC IV.4 1965.1 (same rev. die); Emmett 1673.21 (R5). Brown surfaces, pitting, flan flaw. VF. Extremely rare, the second known and superior to the ANS specimen.


Estimate: 750 USD