LOT 3094
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Possibly contemporary imitation. Blundered legend, laureate head to right / Blundered legend, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash to left. For prototype cf. Prieur 954. Good Very Fine. Flan cracks at 2h and 4h.(11.70gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Nero, AE 20mm of Caesarea Panias (as Neronias). Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck under Agrippa II, 61-68 CE. [NEPΩN KAIΣAP] ΣEBAΣTO, laureate head of Nero to right; invisible symbol before / [ΕΠI] BACIΛE AΓPIΠΠ NEPΩNIE in five lines within circular linear border within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC I, 4988-4990 (various symbols). 5.26gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lucius Verus AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙϹ • Λ • ΑΥΡ • ΟΥΗΡΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΓΑΔΑΡЄ-ധΝ • ЄΚϹ •, bareheaded and beardless male head (Marcus Aurelius?) to right. RPC IV Online 8551; Spijkerman 59; Rosenberger 59; Sofaer 57. 5.40gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £39
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.
