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LOT 2832
Commodus AE 16mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 177-192.
ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙ[...], laureate head to right / Ν • ΤΡΑ ΒΟC-ΤΡΑ, camel walking to right. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3983 (temporary); cf. Kindler 21; cf. Rosenberger 23. Good Fine. Very rare.(2.82gr, 16mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17(?) (30/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. Struck under Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
TIBЄPIOV [KAICAPOC], lituus / L IZ(?) (date) within wreath. Cf. RPC I 4968; cf. Hendin GBC 6, 6371; cf. Hendin GBC 5, 1342; cf. TJC 333. 1.95gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
A very interesting example with an unclear date. The letters on the reverse could be L IZ or L IS (referring to year 17) but upon closer inspection, the letters could be L IЄ (year 15). A new date for Pontius Pilatus' coinage? -
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 4 (AD 249).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAΡX EΞOYCIAC YΠA TO Δ, eagle standing to left, head to left, tail to right, wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 444; McAlee 935. 12.57gr, 26mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus, as Caesar AE 17mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137(?) (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
TITOΣ K[AIΣAP], laureate head to right / [ΓAΔA]-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, [L ZΛP(?)] (date) above. Cf. RPC II, 2096; cf. Spijkerman 30; cf. Sofaer 29. 5.36gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
