LOT 3412
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ascalon, Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
ΑVΤ Κ • Μ • ΑΝ-ΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ • Ϲ, laureate head to right / ΔΗ ЄΞ V-ΠΑΤΟϹ • 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 (this coin cited); Prieur 1654 var. (obverse legend); Sofaer 177 var. (same). Very Fine. Toned. Very rare. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).(11.92gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 362, 28 October 2015, lot 320.
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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. -
Tiberius AE Assarion of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 14-37. ΚΟΡ(ΝΗΛΙΟΣ) ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ (Cornelius Dioskourides II), in office for the second time.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΣΕΒΑΣ-ΤΟΣ, bare head of Tiberius (?) to right / ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ ΛAOΔ-IKEΩN, Zeus Laodiceus standing facing, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; to right, monogram of KOP. RPC I, 2906; BMC 141-2; SNG Copenhagen 547-8. 6.19gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Sand patina.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
RPC Online footnote: The monogram, which also occurs on Neronian coins of Aineias (2926-7), has been variously interpreted as standing for coronatus (Ramsay), ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ (BMC) and ΑΡΧΟ (Wa) Κορ(νήλιος) is correct, as it is spelled out in full on coins of another Dioscurides (under Domitian: KM 266, nos 20-1, von Aulock 3845). -
Lydia, Maeonia AE 14mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate and draped bust of Herakles to right / ΜΑΙΟΝΩ[Ν], club and bow in bowcase; above, bee. RPC III, 2428; GRPC Lydia 20; SNG von Aulock 3008. 2.98gr, 14mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
