LOT 3120
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 2 of Tiberius (15/6 CE). Inscription within wreath / Upright branch; L B (date) flanking. Cf. RPC I 4959 (ΙΟΥΛΙΑ); cf. Meshorer 317 (same); cf. Hendin 6362 (same). Fine.(1.79gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 14 (AD 129/30). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; L IΔ (date) to left. RPC III 5756; Dattari (Savio) 1851; Emmett 1144. 9.28gr, 26mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AE 21mm of Canatha, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΟ(sic) ΚΟΜ, laureate head to right with traces of drapery on left shoulder / ΓΑΒΙ[Ν?] ΚΑΝΑΘ, diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right. RPC IV.3, 6544 (temporary); Donceel Group VI.4; Spijkerman 6; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 4. 7.14gr, 21mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 21mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated RY 24 of Agrippa II (83/4 CE). [ΔOMЄT KAICAP ΓЄPMANI], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Victory standing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄTO KΔ(date) B[AC] across fields; [AΓPIΠΠA] below. RPC II, 2262; TJC 150; Sofaer 208-9; Hendin GBC 6 6345; Hendin GBC 5 1315. 10.16gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
