LOT 2966
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 19mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Circa 50-100 CE.
Dated RY 18(?) of the second era of Agrippa II (77/8CE). [ΔOMITIANOC] KAICAP, laureate head to right / Nike-Victory standing to right, foot on helmet, inscribing shield resting upon knee. Cf. RPC II 2256; cf. Meshorer 144; cf. Hendin 1309. Near Very Fine.(5.27gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2966
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 19mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £33
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Augustus (Octavian) AE Diobol or 80 Drachmai of Alexandria, Egypt. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
First series. Struck circa 30-28 BC. [ΘΕΟ]Υ ΥΙΟΥ, bare head of Augustus to right / [ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ] ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, double cornucopiae; to right, Π (mark of value). RPC I 5001; Dattari (Savio) 2; Geissen 1; K&G 2.5. 17.10gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, Fortuna standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopia, flanked by male figures each holding torch in upraised hand; all within billowing canopy held by two female figures on pedestal. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 6484; Sawaya series 43, 448-87. 13.88gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
