LOT 3445
Hadrian AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Smyrna, Ionia. After AD 128.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, bare head to right / COS III, the two Nemeses standing to right and left, facing one another, each holds out a fold of her dress, the one on the left holds a bridle, the other on the right holds cubit rule. RIC 507; RPC III 1361; Metcalf 32. Near Very Fine. Rare.(10.37gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 904.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Judaea. Procurators, Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Palm tree with dates; L ΛΘ (date) across fields / KAICA-POC, ear of grain curved to the right. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 2.16gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Trajan Decius AE 27mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 249-251 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C MES [...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [...] CAES METR, eagle standing to left, head turned to right, with open wings, supporting wreath with bust of Tyche to right. Cf. RPC IX 2068; cf. Kadman, Caesarea 129-130. 18.38gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Earthen brown patina, some roughness.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 18 (31 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IH (date) within wreath. RPC I 4969; TJC 334. 1.96gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
