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LOT 2815
Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17(?) (30/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. Struck under Tiberius.
TIBЄPIOV [KAICAPOC], lituus / L IZ(?) (date) within wreath. Cf. RPC I 4968; cf. Hendin GBC 6, 6371; cf. Hendin GBC 5, 1342; cf. TJC 333. Good Very Fine.(1.95gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesA very interesting example with an unclear date. The letters on the reverse could be L IZ or L IS (referring to year 17) but upon closer inspection, the letters could be L IЄ (year 15). A new date for Pontius Pilatus' coinage?
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Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.84gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 23mm of Tiberias Claudiopolis, Judaea. Dated CY 101 (AD 118/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑ] ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[Ѡ ΚΑΙС СЄΒ], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis on shoulder / ΤΙΒЄΡ [ΚΛΑΥΔ], Zeus seated to left within tetrastyle temple, holding patera and sceptre; [ЄT AP] (date) in exergue. RPC III, 3932; Sofaer 10; De Saulcy 5; Kindler 7. 11.65gr, 23mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 267/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, head to left, wings gathered, holding wreath in beak; to left, palm frond; L IЄ (date) to right. RPC X Unassigned ID 75563; Köln 2942-3; Dattari 5276-7; K&G 90.98; Emmett 3807.15. 8.66gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
