LOT 3384
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Illegible inscription, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / T-VRI-ORV-[M], hexastyle temple within stands Astarte erecting trophy, behind her, Nike standing on short column, placing wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. Cf. RPC VI, 8623 (temporary). Near Very Fine.(14.48gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 3 (AD 247).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOVCIAC VΠA TO Γ, eagle standing to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 29006; McAlee 923; Prieur 373. 12.26gr, 27mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 2.18gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
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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.
