LOT 2907
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. AD 41-54.
Struck circa AD 41-42. TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.(11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included).
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LOT 2907
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia.
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Marcus Aurelius AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Dated RY 3 (AD 162/3). [M] AYPHΛIOC ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ(Ω inversed) [...], laureate head to right with slight drapery on far shoulder / ЄΥΘΗ-ΝΙΑ, Euthenia standing to left, holding corn ears and cornucopia; L Γ (date) to right. RPC IV.4, 2437 var. (Drachm); Köln 2010 var. (same); Dattari (Savio) 3451 var. (same); Emmett -. 12.87gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished as Hemidrachm.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated CY 41 (10/11 CE). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; L ΜΑ (date) across fields. RPC II 4957; TJC 315; Sofaer 7; Hendin 1331. 2.03gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck AD 249. AYTOK K ΓAI MЄ KYIN ΔЄKKIOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing to left on palm branch, spread wings, holding wreath in beak; S C below. Prieur 500; McAlee 1106. 10.35gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
