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LOT 2833
Arabia, Bostra AE 12mm. Time of Commodus. Dated CY 76 (AD 181/2). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right; TV downwards to right, OC• (date) across field / BOCT-PA, camel standing to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 3953 (temporary); Kindler 19. Very Fine. Very rare.(0.95gr, 12mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE 23mm of Tiberias Claudiopolis, Judaea. Dated CY 101 (AD 118/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑ] ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[Ѡ ΚΑΙС СЄΒ], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis on shoulder / ΤΙΒЄΡ [ΚΛΑΥΔ], Zeus seated to left within tetrastyle temple, holding patera and sceptre; [ЄT AP] (date) in exergue. RPC III, 3932; Sofaer 10; De Saulcy 5; Kindler 7. 11.65gr, 23mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L H (date) across fields, Γ in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76547; Dattari 6012. 7.85gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian AE 24mm of Laodicea Catacecaumene (as Claudiolaodicea Combusta), Lycaonia. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ[ധΡ ΚΑΙCΑΡ] ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC •, laureate head to right / CЄΒΑCΤΗ ΝЄΙΚΗ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟ[ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄധΝ], Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RPC II, 1612; SNG BnF 2320-1; Von Aulock, Lykaoniens 141-50. 11.5gr, 24mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
