LOT 3354
Gordian III AE 25mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 241).
A K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / M-Η TPOΠ KA[I] CAΡIAC ЄNTIX B N Є ЄT Δ, view of Mount Argaeus; all within wreath. RPC VII.2, 3335; Ganschow 888e; Bland 1996, 148. Near Very Fine.(9.86gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3(?) (AD 277/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle, with wings spread and wreath in beak, standing to left, head to right; L Γ(?) (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75781; Geissen 31313; Dattari (Savio) 5560. 7.38gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Procurators. Valerius Gratus AR Prutah. Dated RY 3 of Tiberius (16/7 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Julia Augusta (Livia).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Three lilies in bloom; L Γ (date) across field / IOVΛIΛ in two lines within wreath with large central jewel. RPC I, 4961; Meshorer 321; Hendin 6364. 1.88gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 31mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL • I • FL AG(sic) [...], veiled figure ploughing to right with two oxen; above, Nike flying to left, holding wreath with both hands. Cf. RPC III, 3958. 20.17gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
