LOT 3029
Antoninus Pius AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161.
Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). ΑΥΤ Κ [Τ ΑΙΛ] ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / Serpent Agathodaemon erect to right, crowned with skhent; L H (date) across field. RPC IV.4 893.7 (this coin); Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 8918; K&G 35.289 var. (obv. legend); Emmett 1736.8. Good Very Fine. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).(10.16gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 563, 5 June 2024, lot 559.
From the Wild Rose Collection.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 299, 27 March 2013, lot 336.
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Judaea. Procurators, Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-POC, ear of grain curved to the right / Palm tree with dates; [L] ΛΘ (date) across fields. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 1.61gr, 15mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian I AE 26mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, three prize crowns, the central crown containing two palm fronds, those flanking only one; CERT SACR CAP OECV ISE HEL in three lines below. RPC X Online unassigned ID 63822; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen 440; SNG München -. 11.35gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Although the main Pythian Games were held at Apollo's sanctuary at Delphi, many other cities in the east of the Roman Empire periodically held smaller versions of this event. Often such events were associated with other deities, based on the important civic cults of each city. At Heliopolis, the site of a massive temple complex dedicated to Jupiter-Zeus-Baal-Hadad, Venus-Aphrodite-Astarte, and Bacchus-Dionysus, these games were known as the Certamina Sacra Capitolia Oecumenica Iselastica Heliopolitan, as noted on the reverse of the coin. -
Domitian AE 25mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 81-96 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £79
Struck 92/3 CE. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XII, laureate head to right / IMP XXIII COS XVI CE[NS P P P, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy. RPC II 2308; Sofaer 36-8; TJC 395; Hendin 1459. 11.43gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
