LOT 2818
Domitian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 81-96.
Dated RY 12 (AD 92/3). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΘЄΟ ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopia, on back of crocodile to right, below lotus flowers and water; L IB (date) above. RPC II 2673; Dattari (Savio) 522. Near Very Fine.(10.65gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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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. -
Titus, as Caesar, AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
TITOΣ KAIΣAP, laureate head right / ΓAΔAPЄΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, L ZΛP (date) above. RPC II 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 4.81gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
AVT K MAP AVPH ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head to right / ANTIOXEΩN MHTPO KO, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding grain ears; river-god Orontes swimming left below, ram running left above, Δ-E and S-C across fields. RPC VI, 30603 (temporary). 17.49gr, 33mm, 6h
Very Fine. Very rare; only one example cited by Roman Provincial Coinage Online.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
