LOT 2939
Caracalla AE 24mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Struck AD 202. [ANT]ONINO AVGVS[TO], laureate head to right / COL HEL, turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to left; palm frond and cornucopia to right. Sawaya 270-279 (D51/R–; unrecorded rev. die); BMC 12; SNG Copenhagen 431. Very Fine. Green and brown patina; cleaning and smoothing marks.(8.64gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trebonianus Gallus AE Octassarion or 8 Assaria of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Tyche seated facing, with river-god Orontes at feet, within portable tetrastyle shrine; above, ram leaping to right, head to left; Δ Є across upper fields, S C below. RPC IX 1851; McAlee 1181. 17.77gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius. IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.88gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian I AE 34mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-260.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝ-ΟC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ below, ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΚΑ- around, -ΛΥΚΑΔ-ΝΩ in two lines above, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos, cornucopia over shoulder on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; branch between. RPC X Online unassigned ID 60507. 14.49gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
