LOT 3108
Commodus AE 21mm of Canatha, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΟ(sic) ΚΟΜ, laureate head to right with traces of drapery on left shoulder / ΓΑΒΙ[Ν?] ΚΑΝΑΘ, diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right. RPC IV.3, 6544 (temporary); Donceel Group VI.4; Spijkerman 6; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 4. Good Very Fine.(7.14gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phrygia, Hiearpolis AE 23mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos to right, ΛAIP-BHNOΣ around / IЄPAΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ around laurel wreath containing ΠΥΘΙΑ in three lines. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 20732; SNG BnF 1260a. 5.75gr, 23mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). Uncertain date. TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-Λ[IA L (?) (date)] in two lines across fields. Cf. RPC I 4964 (dated RY 4); cf. Sofaer 26-7 (same). 2.35gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 22mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
[IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [COL I FL AVG CA]ESARENS, draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing calathus. RPC III 3959; Meshorer, Caesarea 28; Rosenberger 29; Sofaer 30; SNG ANS 767. 12.49gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
