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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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Titus AE 8 Units. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 29 of the first era of Agrippa II (77/8 CE). AYTOKP TITOC KAICAP CEBA, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ETO Kς (date) BA [AΓP]-ΙΠΠA, Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath. RPC II, 2290. 13.05gr, 26mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea Capta, Titus AE 24mm of Caesarea Maritima. 79-81 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
AΥTOKP • TITO-Σ KAIΣAP, laureate head to right / IOΥΔAIAΣ EAΛꟽKΥIAΣ, trophy; to left, Judaea seated and mourning to left with her hands tied; shield to right of trophy. RPC II 2313; Hendin 6476; TJC 384. 11.72gr, 24mm, 12h
Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
