LOT 3458
Caracalla AE 27mm of Dium, Decapolis. Dated CY 268 (AD 205/6).
AV K • M • AV ANTധNЄIN-O-C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔЄIHNധN KOI C, hexastyle temple, flaming altar within, eagle in pediment; HΞC (date) downwards to left. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68428; CNG, E-336, 198. Near Very Fine.(13.48gr, 27mm, 1h.).
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 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
[IOYΛIA] KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY K[AICAPOC L Iς (date)], simpulum to left. RPC I, 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 2.05gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17(?) (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, [L I-Z(?) (date)] below. Cf. RPC III, 4820; cf. Dattari (Savio) 7221; cf. Emmett 707.17. 1.75gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 25mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 248 (AD 184/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
[...] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤധ, laureate head to right / [...] ΠΡ ΙΠΠ ЄΡ(sic) ΑСΥ, turreted Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopiae and bridle of horse standing behind; [Η]ΜС (date) in exergue. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6583. 9.28gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Interesting spelling error on the reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
