LOT 3411
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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Mysia, Germe AE 16mm. Circa AD 100-150. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΙЄΡΑ ϹVΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟ, draped male bust of the Senate to right / ΓЄΡΜΗ-[ΝΩΝ], laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right; in front, laurel-branch. RPC III, 1771; BMC 1, pl. XVI, 1. 2.59gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head to right; L Γ (date) to right / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina standing to left, veiled and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column. RPC I, 5131; Dattari (Savio) 123; Emmett 74.3. 12.40gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE 'As' of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤWΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥCЄΒ?], laureate head to right / Large S•C; below, Γ; all within wreath. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6999; cf. McAlee 555c. 11.47gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
