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LOT 2962
Gallienus AE 25mm of Hierapolis, Phrygia. AD 253-268. Homonoia issue with Smyrna.
ΑΥ • Κ Π ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ-ΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ΖΜΥΡΝЄΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν ΟΜΟΝΥΑ(sic)
two prize urns inscribed ΠΥΘΙΑ ΚYΝΑ(sic) ΑϹΙΑϹ on base with palm branches. RPC X Unassigned ID 63177; cf. Franke & Nollé 912-914 corr. (inscribed crowns). Very Fine.(6.42gr, 25mm, 7h.).
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Trajan AE 32mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 115.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £95
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP AVG GER DAC COS [VI P P], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Astarte-Tyche standing to left, resting foot on helmet and holding bust and sceptre, within Tetrastyle temple with central arch behind enclosure with altar in front; at feet in right field, harbour-god holding anchor; • C • T(sic) • F AVG • C•A•E•S • in exergue. RPC II 3954; Rosenberger 19; Kadman 22; Sofaer pl. 23 , 21; Samuels 172. 17.90gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 24mm of Gaba, Judaea. Dated CY 171 (AD 111/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right / ΚΛ ΦΙ ΓΑ-ΒΗΝധΝ; AΟΡ (date) in right field, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy. RPC III, 3940; Kindler 20; Sofaer 17, pl.42. 9.72gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17(?) (30/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. Struck under Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
TIBЄPIOV [KAICAPOC], lituus / L IZ(?) (date) within wreath. Cf. RPC I 4968; cf. Hendin GBC 6, 6371; cf. Hendin GBC 5, 1342; cf. TJC 333. 1.95gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
A very interesting example with an unclear date. The letters on the reverse could be L IZ or L IS (referring to year 17) but upon closer inspection, the letters could be L IЄ (year 15). A new date for Pontius Pilatus' coinage?
