LOT 3498
Augustus AE Diobol or 80 Drachmai of Alexandria, Egypt. Struck circa 19-3/2 BC. Second(?) series.
[CEBA]-CT[OC], bare head to right / KAI-CA[P], temple of Mars Ultor with signum in centre. RPC I 5003; Köln 5-6; Dattari (Savio) 14-5; K&G 2.3; Emmett 3. Good Fine. Dark brown patina.(12.60gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 18 (31 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IH (date) within wreath. RPC I 4969; TJC 334. 1.96gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Hadrian AE 11mm of Beroea, Cyrrhestica. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[ΑΥΤ] ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ, laureate head to right / ΒΕΡΟI-ΑΙധΝ, laurel branch. RPC III 3436; BMC 11. 1.50gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 20mm. Dated year 25 of the Actian Era (7/6 BC). P. Quinctilius Varus, legate. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ, Tyche seated to right on rocky outcropping, holding palm branch; EK (date) to right; at feet, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming to right. RPC I 4242; BMC 57; McAlee 85. 6.17gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
