LOT 2776
Commodus AE 18mm of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 180-192.
AY KAI M AYPH KOMOΔOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ΦIΛIΠΠO-[ΠOΛE]ITΩN, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and branch in his left. Varbanov 980. Good Very Fine.(3.32gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gaius (Caligula) AE 17mm of Philadelphia, Lydia. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ (Antiochos, son of Apollodotos, philocaesar). [ΓΑΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄധΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ, capricorn with cornucopia to left, monogram of PK before. RPC I 3029; GPRC Lydia 151. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Procurators. Coponius AE Prutah. 6-9 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 36 of Augustus (5/6 CE). In the name of Caesar (Augustus). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; L Λς (date) across fields. RPC I 4954; Meshorer 311; Hendin 6357. 1.65gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar, AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 2 (AD 69/70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head of Vespasian to right / ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, laureate head of Titus to right; star to left, barred B (date) to right. RPC II 1940; McAlee 328; Prieur 106A. 15.17gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
