LOT 3091
Elagabalus AE 22mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
[IMP C M] AVR • ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head to right; slight drapery on far shoulder / Incuse of obverse. Cf. RPC VI, 8178 (temporary). Near Very Fine. Obverse brockage.(7.39gr, 22mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Tiberius. Dated RY 2 of Tiberius (15/6 CE). Crossed cornucopiae, [TIB] L B(date) in two lines across fields / KAICAP in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4958; Meshorer 6; Hendin 1332b; TJC 316. 2.43gr, 16mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Gaba AE 11mm. Time of Domitian, AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Dated Year 142 (AD 83/4). Tetrastyle temple with pediment; ΓΑΒΗ below / Palm branch; ΡΜ-Β (date) across fields. RPC II 2241; Rosenberger I, 7. 1.36gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Of the highest rarity; only three examples cited by RPC and only one example on CoinArchives (Numismatica Ars Classica 64, 1912).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.70gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
