LOT 3465
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ascalon, Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
ΑVΤ Κ • Μ • ΑΝ-ΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ • Ϲ, laureate head to right / ΔΗ ЄΞ V-ΠΑΤΟϹ • ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, dove to right with olive branch in beak. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 79260 (this coin cited); Prieur 1654 var. (obverse legend); Sofaer 177 var. (same). Very Fine. Toned. Very rare. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).(11.92gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 362, 28 October 2015, lot 320.
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LOT 3465
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ascalon, Judaea.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Philip II AE 24mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 8.93gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Philip II AE 27mm of Samosata, Commagene. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVTOK K M IOVΛΙ ΦIΛIΠ CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΛ CAMOCATЄѠN MHTP KOM, Tyche seated to left on rocks, with eagle perched on arm; river god swimming to right below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 8350; Butcher 32; BMC 62-6. 12.76gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 771. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 18 (31 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IH (date) within wreath. RPC I 4969; TJC 334. 1.96gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
