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, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Tiberius AE 19mm. Dated RY 19 of Herod IV (15/6 CE). Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
[ΤΙΒ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣ], laureate head of Tiberius to right; c/m: star within incuse circle / ΦΙΛΙΠΟΥ ΤЄΤΡ[ΑΡΧΟΥ], tetrastyle temple façade (Augusteum of Paneas); L I-Θ (date) between columns. RPC I, 4943; Meshorer 101a; Hendin 6255b; Sofaer 132-3. 5.77gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 32mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 115.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP AVG GER DAC COS [VI P P], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Astarte-Tyche standing to left, resting foot on helmet and holding bust and sceptre, within Tetrastyle temple with central arch behind enclosure with altar in front; at feet in right field, harbour-god holding anchor; • C • T(sic) • F AVG • C•A•E•S • in exergue. RPC II 3954; Rosenberger 19; Kadman 22; Sofaer pl. 23 , 21; Samuels 172. 17.90gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Dora AE 22mm. Dated CY 130 (AD 66/7). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Doros to right / ΔധΡΙΤധΝ, Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding signa and cornucopia; ΛP (date) to left. RPC I, 4758. 10.22gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
