LOT 3456
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
IMP C M [...]TONIN, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PETA COLON, founder, raising his right hand and plowing with yoke of oxen to right. Cf. RPC VI Online 9377. Near Very Fine.(4.12gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 70/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣЄΒΑ ΟΥЄΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Bust of Serapis to right; L Γ (date) before. RPC II, 2429; Köln 290; Dattari (Savio) 398; K&G 20.30. 8.08gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Augustus AE 21mm. Dated RY 16 of Herod IV (12/13 CE). Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ], laureate head of Augustus to right; c/m: Φ within incuse circle / [ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ] (retrograde), tetrastyle Augusteum of Panias; [L Iς(?) (date)] between columns. Cf. RPC I, 4942; cf. Meshorer 99; cf. Hendin 1223; cf. Sofaer 126. 8.75gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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): £130
[IOYΛIA] KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY K[AICAPOC L Iς (date)], simpulum to left. RPC I, 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 2.05gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
