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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Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 21mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated RY 24 of Agrippa II (83/4 CE). [ΔOMЄT KAICAP ΓЄPMANI], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Victory standing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄTO KΔ(date) B[AC] across fields; [AΓPIΠΠA] below. RPC II, 2262; TJC 150; Sofaer 208-9; Hendin GBC 6 6345; Hendin GBC 5 1315. 10.16gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near 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): £26
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (54 CE). In the name of Claudius and Agrippina Junior. ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔ[ΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓЄΡ]Μ, two crossed palm branches; L IΔ (date) below / ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠ[ΙΝΑ] in four lines within wreath. RPC I 4970; TJC 342; Hendin GBC 6, 6376; Hendin GBC 5, 1347. 2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £35 - 45 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £19
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 23.00gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection.
