LOT 2798
Commodus AE 23mm of Byblus, Phoenicia. AD 177-192.
ΑΥΤ Μ Α[Υ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟ]Ν ЄΥΤ, laureate head to right / ΙЄΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ, Isis Pharia standing to right, wearing lotus and holding billowing sail. RPC IV.3, 6774 (temporary); Rouvier 686; SNG Copenhagen 139. Near Fine.(8.13gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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Phrygia, Bria or Briana AE 19mm. Time of the Severans, AD 193-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos / BΡΙΑ-ΝΩΝ, Isis standing facing, head to left, holding sistrum with right hand and situla with left. Von Aulock, Phrygiens 225-37; SNG von Aulock 3520; BMC 1. 3.38gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 545, 30 August 2023, lot 411. -
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Group of Four [4] AE Roman Provincial Coins. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various emperors and mints. 25.91gr total.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 4 (17 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem. Struck under Tiberius. TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-ΛIA L-Δ (date) in two lines across fields. RPC I 4964; Sofaer 26-7; TJC 327; Hendin GBC 6, 6367; Hendin GBC 5, 1338. 2.19gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
