LOT 3447
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 198-217.
Struck circa AD 215-217. AVT • K • M • AV • ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on breastplate / ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 843. Very Fine. Double reverse struck.(13.14gr, 28mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3447
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Edessa, Mesopotamia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Philip II AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, seen from front, wearing balteus / IOΛ(sic) CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI M[HT], temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; BMC Arabia 24; SNG Copenhagen 240. 10.76gr, 26mm, 6h
Near Very Fine - Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Philip I AE 29mm of Damascus, Seleucis ad Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ΔAMAC METRO, nude Ambrosia standing facing, head to right, clasping vine tendrils, floral structure at feet from which vines emerge. RPC VIII unassigned ID 26786 (temporary). 16.74gr, 29mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
For more interpretations of the female figure on reverse, see G. Bijowski, "The myth of Daphne on a coin minted at Damascus," AJN 15 (2003), pp. 53-9 and K. Butcher, "Ambrosia in Damascus?," NC 170 (2010), pp. 85-91. -
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Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-PO[C], grain ear / Palm tree; L Λθ (date) across fields. RPC II 4955; TJC 313; Sofaer 3-5; Hendin GBC 6, 6358; GBC 5, 1329. 1.94gr, 16mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
