LOT 3322
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. 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 3322
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
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Augustus and Agrippa AE Dupondius of Nemausus, Gaul. Circa 9/8-3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Head of Agrippa to left, wearing rostral crown combined with laureate crown, back to back with head of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath; IMP above, DIVI F below / Chained crocodile to right, palm frond upwards in centre, wreath to left of palm tip with long ties trailing to right; COL NEM across fields; two palm fronds below. RIC I 158; RPC I 524. 12.72gr, 26mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Seven [7] AE Egyptian Provincial Coins. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: mixed rulers, issues and reverse types. 54.62gr total, 18-22mm.
As shown.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 25mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 248 (AD 184/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
[...] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤധ, laureate head to right / [...] ΠΡ ΙΠΠ ЄΡ(sic) ΑСΥ, turreted Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopiae and bridle of horse standing behind; [Η]ΜС (date) in exergue. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6583. 9.28gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Interesting spelling error on the reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
