LOT 3117
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Tiberius (18/9 CE).
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). [TIB KAICAP] in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-[ΛIA] L Є (date) in two lines across fields. RPC I 4965; Meshorer 328; Hendin 6368. Near Very Fine.(2.38gr, 15mm, 12h.).
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. -
Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus Caesar. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (54 CE). NEPω KΛAY KAICAP, two crossed shields over two crossed spears / BPIT (above) K-AI, palm tree; L IΔ (date) across field. TJC 340; Hendin GBC 6, 6377; Hendin GBC 5, 1348; RPC I, 4971. 2.69gr, 16mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus AE 36mm of Apollonia-Mordiaeum, Pisidia. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
AYT • K • Π • Λ • ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AΠOΛΛΩNI-ATΩN ΛV • ΘPAKO •, river-god Hippophoras reclining to left on overturned vase from which water flows, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left. Von Aulock, Pisidien II, 184-206; BMC 7; SNG Copenhagen 100 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 5000 (same dies). 21.09gr, 36mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 109, 27 May 2002, lot 790.
