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LOT 2935
Domitian AE 18mm of Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-96.
[ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ]ΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕ[ΡΜ], laureate head to right / [ΚΛΑΥΔΙΕധΝ Λ]ΕΥΚ[ΑΔΙധΝ], veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right, wearing mural crown. RPC II 2038; SNG München -. Near Very Fine.(4.74gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2935
Domitian AE 18mm of Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Seleucis and Pieria.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Judaea. Procurators, Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-POC, ear of grain curved to the right / Palm tree with dates; [L] ΛΘ (date) across fields. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 1.61gr, 15mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 38mm of Amaseia, Pontus. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Dated CY 228 (AD 225/6). ΑΥΤ Κ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia / ΑΔΡ ϹЄΥ ΑAЄΞ(sic) [ΑΜΑϹΙ]A[Ϲ] ΜΗ(ligate) ΝЄ ΠΡ ΠΟΝ (ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗC CΕΥΗΡΙΑΝΗC ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΙΝΗC ΑΜΑCΙΑC ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΗC ΠΟΝΤΟΥ) around and below, ЄΤ Ϲ[KH] (date) across field, altar of Zeus Strateus, surmounted by eagle standing facing, head to left, with wings spread; tree to left; above, Helios driving facing quadriga, raising his right hand and holding whip in left. RPC VI 6462 (temporary); cf. Dalaison 578; RG 105. For countermark see Howgego 269. 28.86gr, 38mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 23.00gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection.
