LOT 4061
Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 139/40).
ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ, bare head to right / Eirene standing to left, holding grain ears and caduceus; L TPI-TOV (date) around. RPC IV.4 Online 13435 (temporary); Köln 1320; Dattari (Savio) 2216; K&G 35.53; Emmett 1382. Very Fine. Edge chipped.(6.43gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 4061
Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Caracalla AE 24mm of Sardes, Lydia. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ B ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding long thyrsus and kantharus. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 73912; GRPC Lydia -; Hochard -. 6.26gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus, with Herod IV Philip AE 19mm of Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi), Judaea. Dated RY 12 of Herod IV (8/9 CE).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ, bare head of Augustus to left / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΤΕΤΡ, tetrastyle temple façade (Augusteum of Paneas), two branches in pediment; L I B (date) between columns. RPC I, 6253; Meshorer 98; Hendin 6253; Sofaer 122. 5.09gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (54 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Claudius and Agrippina Junior.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ in four lines within wreath / ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓЄΡΜ, two crossed palm branches; L IΔ (date) below. RPC I 4970; TJC 342; Hendin GBC 6, 6376; Hendin GBC 5, 1347. 3.37gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
