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LOT 2846
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 267/8).
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to right, head to left, wreath in beak; L IЄ (date) in two lines to right, palm(?) to left. Cf. RPC X Unassigned ID 75563. Near Very Fine.(7.06gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus(?) AE 20mm of Phoenician mint, possibly Botrys. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate bust to right / Front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which deity standing, facing. Cf. RPC VI Online 8221 (temporary). 7.44gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla, as Caesar AE 27mm of Uncertain Mint, Minor Asia. AD 195-198.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Uncertain male deity standing facing, head to left, holding patera(?) with right hand and sceptre with left. 10.56gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17 (30/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. Struck under Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IZ(Z retrograde) (date) within wreath. RPC I 4968.9; Hendin GBC 6, 6371a; Sofaer 42. 1.52gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
