LOT 3459
Geta, as Caesar AE 24mm of Dium, Decapolis. Dated CY 270 of Septimius Severus (AD 207/8).
Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤΑϹ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΔЄΙΗ-ΝധΝ Ο[Ϲ] (date), War-god Hadad standing facing, wearing kalathos with bull horns, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and Nike; recumbent bulls flanking. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68424; Spijkerman 7; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 6-7. Very Fine.(11.03gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3459
Geta, as Caesar AE 24mm of Dium, Decapolis.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Lucius Verus AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤO Λ OΥΗΡOϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΚ-ΥΡΑϹ, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC IV.3 Online 9787 = Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, GR 19738 (Ankyra in Phrygia). 4.12gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa II, with Claudius AE Unit. Dated RY 13 (53/4 CE). Tiberias mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ, palm branch; L IΓ (date) across field / [TIBEPIAC] in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4852; Meshorer 348; Hendin 6297; Sofaer 80 (Interim Period between Agrippa I and II). 12.56gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE 'As' of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤWΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥCЄΒ?], laureate head to right / Large S•C; below, Γ; all within wreath. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6999; cf. McAlee 555c. 11.47gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
