LOT 3415
Hadrian AE 31mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
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. Near Very Fine.(20.17gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 69/70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑ[ΝΟΥ], laureate head to right; L B (date) before / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝ]-ΔΡΕΙΑ, Alexandria standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress, holding wreath in her right hand and sceptre in her left. RPC II, 2414; Dattari (Savio) 354; Emmett 202.2; K&G 20.13. 6.98gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Kantharos with scroll handles; [L Δ (date) across lower field] / Grape leaf on branch with tendrils. Cf. RPC I, 4962; cf. Meshorer 325; cf. Hendin 6366. 1.92, 16mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Anazarbus, Cilicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, radiate head to right / ANAZA-[P]B MHTP-O, octastyle temple, pellet in pediment; AMK (ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ) below. Cf. RPC VI Online 10855 = Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 61, 2011, 27,3. 5.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Reverse slightly off-centre. 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.
