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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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 18.52gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Septimius Severus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £450
Struck circa AD 202-204. AVT•KAI CЄOYHPOC•CЄ•B•, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX•ЄΞ•VΠA•TO•Γ•, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head and tail to right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 659b; Prieur 200. 13.28gr, 27mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Artemide Aste s.r.l., Auction LVI, 23 October 2021, lot 389 (company ticket included). -
Lucius Verus AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙϹ • Λ • ΑΥΡ • ΟΥΗΡΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΓΑΔΑΡЄ-ധΝ • ЄΚϹ •, bareheaded and beardless male head (Marcus Aurelius?) to right. RPC IV Online 8551; Spijkerman 59; Rosenberger 59; Sofaer 57. 5.40gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
