LOT 2820
Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹV ΑΝϹ, Tyche, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche; all within central arch of distyle temple façade. RPC IV.3, 6516 (temporary); Spijkerman 12; Rosenberger 14; Sofaer 14. Very Fine.(15.48gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 288/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing facing, head to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L Є (date) across fields; star to right. RPC X Unassigned ID 76038; Dattari 5624. 8.12gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Hierapolis AE 24mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249. Homonoia with Ephesos. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΛΑΙΡ-ΒΗΝΟϹ, radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos to right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ЄΦЄϹΙΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, two hands clasped. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 20751; Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), p. 78, IX, α-g; Franke & Nollé 709-727 (725-727 corr.). 4.88gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.84gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
