LOT 2917
Caracalla AE 29mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 198-217.
Dated RY 13 of Septimius Severus (204/5). AY KAI M AYPH ANTധNINOC, laureate head to right / MHTPO[...] around, KOI-NOC above, CЄOYHPIOC Φ[...]-ΛAΔЄΛΦIO[...] ЄT • ΙΓ (date) in three lines below, Mount Argaeus between two agonistic price crowns, each containing palm frond. Cf. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 66752. Very Fine.(16.90gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Hadrian AE 26mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £42
IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 10.31gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Dated "New Holy Year" 4 (AD 71/2). AYTOKPAT • KAIΣΑ • OYEΣΠΑΣIANOY, laureate head to right / ETOYΣ Δ IEPOY (date), eagle standing to left on club, with wings displayed; palm frond to left. RPC II 1950; McAlee 338; Prieur 116. 15.69gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 21mm. Time of Augustus to Tiberius (27 BC-AD 37).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Struck circa 10 BC-AD 18. Europa on bull to left; ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ and [date] below / Altar before tetrastyle temple with tall podium. Cf. RPC I 4568-71. 6.41gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
