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 28mm of Tomis, Moesia Inferior. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M IOVΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip to right, facing draped bust of Serapis to left / MHTPOΠ ΠONTOV TOMEΩC, Tyche standing facing, holding sceptre and cornucopia; at feet, right, Pontus Euxinus (personification of the Black Sea), swimming to right, crab claws on head. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 28158; AMNG 3613. 14.80gr, 28mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 17mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / MAPKIANOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, lion standing to left. Varbanov 909 var. (obverse legend and lion to right); otherwise apparently unpublished. 2.28gr, 17mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE 19mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98/9. Rome mint, for circulation in the East.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head to right / KOINON CYPIAC, turreted head of Tyche to right. RPC III 3656; McAlee 500. 6.03gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins. Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
