LOT 3222
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ascalon, Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ 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; Prieur -. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(11.83gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 525, 20 October 2022, lot 713.
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LOT 3222
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, as Caesar, AE 26mm of Mesembria, Thrace. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
MAP IOVΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bare head of Philip II and draped bust of Serapis wearing kalathos, facing one another / MECAMBPIANΩN, Demeter standing to left, holding patera and long torch. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 48444; Karayotov 476-8. 11.66gr, 26mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC TPAI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СЄΒΑСΤ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Club downward; ЄT Δ (date) across fields. RPC III 3072; Metcalf, Conspectus 85; Sydenham, Caesarea 257; SNG Copenhagen 223. 1.53gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. Struck AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
