LOT 3424
Antoninus Pius AE 17mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 138-161.
[...]ധVIᏌPC(sic), laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡOΠ, crescent surmounted by eight-rayed star. RPC IV.3, 6625 (temporary); Sofaer 16; Spijkerman 18. Very Fine. Very rare.(3.55gr, 17mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Titus AE 8 Units. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 26 of the first era of Agrippa II (74/5 CE). AYTOKP TITOC [KAI]CAP CEBAC, laureate head to right / ETO Kς (date) BA [AΓPΙΠΠA], Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath; crescent above. RPC II, 2277; Hendin 6314b; Sofaer 229. 11.68gr, 24mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Augustus (or Tiberius?) AE 22mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. Circa AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΘEOΣ KAΙΣAP ΣEBΑΣTOΣ, bare head to right / Artemis Tauropolos on bull advancing to right, holding billowing veil over head; AMΦΙΠOΛITΩN below. RPC I, 1635; Varbanov 3110; AMNG 72; BMC 74. 8.33gr, 22mm, 1h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Attica, Athens AE 21mm. Circa AD 264-267.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΘHNAIΩN, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding spear in her right hand and shield in her left. Cf. Kroll 318; cf. Svoronos pl. 86. 6.17gr, 21mm, 3h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
