LOT 2784
Caracalla AE Medallion of Sardeis, Lydia. AD 198-217.
ΛΟΥΚΙΟΣ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΣ, ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ KAI ΑΣΙΑΡΧΗΣ (Loukios Kornelios Vettenianos, strategos and asiarch). Struck AD 211-217. N A M AMATNYNЄINO (sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / KOP OYETTHNIAN M AP NYONVS VIΓΑΟΥ Κ ΜΟ (sic) around, XPY-CANΘIN[A C]APΔIA-NΩN [...blundered insciption] in six lines within laurel wreath. For another example with similar legends cf. GRPC 523. Very Fine. Apparently the only known example with these legends.(19.02gr, 35mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17 (30 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Jerusalem. Struck under Tiberius. TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IZ (date) within wreath. RPC I 4968; Hendin GBC 6, 6371; Hendin GBC 5, 1342; TJC 333. 2.03gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Gordian III AE 'Sestertius' of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind / CAES ANTIOCH COL, Gordian on horseback galloping to right, about to spear lion running to left below; S R below. RPC VII.2 2716. 19.83gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Procurators. Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. Struck under Claudius, dated RY 14 (54 CE). [ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑ]ΙϹΑΡ ΓЄΡΜ, two crossed palm branches; L IΔ (date) below / ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ in four lines within wreath. RPC I 4970; TJC 342; Hendin GBC 6, 6376; Hendin GBC 5, 1347. 1.98gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
