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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Geta, as Caesar AE 24mm of Dium, Decapolis. Dated CY 270 of Septimius Severus (AD 207/8).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤΑϹ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΔЄΙΗ-ΝധΝ Ο[Ϲ] (date), War-god Hadad standing facing, wearing kalathos with bull horns, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and Nike; recumbent bulls flanking. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68424; Spijkerman 7; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 6-7. 11.03gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Augustus AE 21mm. Dated RY 16 of Herod IV (12/13 CE). Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ], laureate head of Augustus to right; c/m: Φ within incuse circle / [ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ] (retrograde), tetrastyle Augusteum of Panias; [L Iς(?) (date)] between columns. Cf. RPC I, 4942; cf. Meshorer 99; cf. Hendin 1223; cf. Sofaer 126. 8.75gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / T-VRI-ORV-[M], hexastyle temple within stands Astarte erecting trophy, behind her, Nike standing on short column, placing wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. Cf. RPC VI, 8623 (temporary). 14.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
