LOT 3448
Commodus AE 17mm of Gerasa, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤΟΝΙ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΝ Τധ ΠΡ ΧΡ Τധ ΠP; turreted Tyche seated on rock to left, upper part of body and head to right, holding grain ears in each hand; below, swimming river-god. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6605; cf. Spijkerman 23. Near Very Fine. Very rare type.(2.87gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Tiberius (18/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm frond; IOY-ΛIA and L Є (date) across field. RPC I, 4965; Meshorer 328; Hendin 6368. 1.66gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
• ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙ • ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ • ϹЄ •, laureate head to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ • ЄΞ • ΥΠΑΤΟϹ • ΤΟ • Γ •, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head and tail to left, with wreath in beak; between legs, star. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 87425; Bellinger 65; McAlee 33; Amandry & Prieur 48; Prieur 1164. 12.54gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 69-70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ[Α ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right; beneath chin, L B (date) / Nike flying to left with wreath and palm. RPC II, 2412; Dattari 360; Geissen 276-277. 9.79gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
