LOT 3142
Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Struck AD 215-217. [ΑΥΤ K M] A • ANTΩNЄINOC • CЄB •, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head to left, wreath in beak; bust of Shamash (Sol) to left between legs. Cf. Prieur 1009. Very Fine.(12.38gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). Uncertain date. TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-Λ[IA L (?) (date)] in two lines across fields. Cf. RPC I 4964 (dated RY 4); cf. Sofaer 26-7 (same). 2.35gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Dora AE 24mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated CY 128 (AD 64/5). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Doros to right / ΔധΡΙΤധΝ to right, L PKH (date) to left, Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding standard and cornucopia. RPC I, 4757; Meshorer 17; Rouvier 758. 12.36gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 86 , 17 December 2023, lot 266. -
Septimius Severus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £450
Struck circa AD 202-204. AVT•KAI CЄOYHPOC•CЄ•B•, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX•ЄΞ•VΠA•TO•Γ•, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head and tail to right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 659b; Prieur 200. 13.28gr, 27mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Artemide Aste s.r.l., Auction LVI, 23 October 2021, lot 389 (company ticket included).
