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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Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 26mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 18 (AD 77/78).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠ[Α ΚΑΙϹ]ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟΥ ΗΙ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing to left, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II, 2254; Meshorer 14; Hendin 6337; Sofaer 195. 10.27gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius AE 18mm of Amorium, Phrygia. AD 41-54. ΚΑΤΩΝ and ΠΕΔΩΝ, (Lucius Iulius Cato and Pedo), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΤΙ [ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, laureate head to right / [ΕΠΙ ΠΕΔΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ] ΚΑΤΩΝΟϹ [ΑΜΟΡΙ]ΑΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre with left. RPC I, 3239; Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 198, 9. . 3.93gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Edessa, Macedon. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑV] K M AY CЄY AΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ЄΔЄCCAIΩΝ, Roma, holding Nike, seated to left on cuirass, being crowned by Tyche of Edessa, holding sceptre, standing behind; goat standing right behind Tyche. RPC VI Online 134. 8.89gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
