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Triton XXII 8-9 Jan 2019
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.83 g, 12h). Struck AD 209-212. IOVΛIA AVΓOVCTA, bareheaded and draped bust right / MHTHP CЄBB KAI KACTPωN, Nike advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left; murex shell to lower left. Prieur 1527 (this coin, illustrated); Bellinger –. VF, lightly toned, some roughness. Extremely rare and possibly unique, the sole example cited by Prieur.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica C (12 March 1993), lot 1902.
The legend is a Greek form of the Latin MATER AVGG ET CASTRORVM ("mother of the Augusti and army camps"). The Nike may allude to Septimius Severus' victory in Britain.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica C (12 March 1993), lot 1902.
The legend is a Greek form of the Latin MATER AVGG ET CASTRORVM ("mother of the Augusti and army camps"). The Nike may allude to Septimius Severus' victory in Britain.