LOT 2919
Galba AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 68-69.
Dated 'New Holy Year' 1(?) (AD 68). ΓAΛBAC KAICAP AYTOKPATΩP CEBACTOC, laureate head to right; star before / ETOYC NEOY IEP[OY A?], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, palm in left field. RPC I 4196; McAlee 305; Prieur 96. Good Very Fine. Toned.(15.49gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated CY 41 (10/11 CE). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; L ΜΑ (date) across fields. RPC II 4957; TJC 315; Sofaer 7; Hendin 1331. 2.03gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE 21mm of Chalcis ad Belum, Seleucis and Pieria. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΖΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ, ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Zenodoros, tetrarch and archiereus). Dated SE [2]86 (27/6 BC). ΖΗ[ΝΟΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧ]ΗΡΕΩΣ, bare head of Zenodoros to left / L [ΖΠ (date)] ΝΕ ΚΑΙ, bare head of Augustus to right; uncertain countermark. RPC I 4775; BMC 7; SNG Copenhagen 417. 6.61gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Volusian AE 26mm of Neapolis, Judaea. AD 251-253.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝ, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ ΠΟΛЄധϹ, eagle standing facing with wings displayed, supporting Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple and altar; stairway to temple and colonnade beneath mountain; star and crescent flanking. RPC IX 2160; Rosenberger 123; Sofaer 237-8. 13.70gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
