LOT 3116
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-ΛIA L Δ (date) in two lines across fields. RPC I 4964; Sofaer 26-7; TJC 327; Hendin GBC 6, 6367; Hendin GBC 5, 1338. Near Very Fine.(1,60gr, 15mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Titus, as Caesar AE 21mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 69-79 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Judaea Capta issue. AYTOKP TITO-C KAIΣAP, laureate head to right / IOYΔAIAC Є-AΛധKVIAC, Victory standing to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing [AYT KAIΣ] on shield resting on knee; palm behind. RPC II 2312; Hendin GBC 6, 6474; Hendin GBC 5, 1447; TJC 382. 6.45gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 22mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
[IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [COL I FL AVG CA]ESARENS, draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing calathus. RPC III 3959; Meshorer, Caesarea 28; Rosenberger 29; Sofaer 30; SNG ANS 767. 12.49gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Struck AD 215-217. [ΑΥΤ K M] A • ANTΩNЄINOC • CЄB •, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head to left, wreath in beak; bust of Shamash (Sol) to left between legs. Cf. Prieur 1009. 12.38gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
