LOT 3119
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). Uncertain date. TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-Λ[IA L (?) (date)] in two lines across fields. Cf. RPC I 4964 (dated RY 4); cf. Sofaer 26-7 (same). Near Very Fine.(2.35gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Nero, AE 20mm of Caesarea Panias (as Neronias). Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck under Agrippa II, 61-68 CE. [NEPΩN KAIΣAP] ΣEBAΣTO, laureate head of Nero to right; invisible symbol before / [ΕΠI] BACIΛE AΓPIΠΠ NEPΩNIE in five lines within circular linear border within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC I, 4988-4990 (various symbols). 5.26gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 12 of Gallienus (AD 264/265). KOPNHΛIA CAΛധNЄINA CЄB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / Eirene standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; palm frond to left, IB L (date) to right. Köln 2969; Dattari (Savio) 5331; K&G 91.33; Emmett 3855.12. 9.98gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 484, 27 January 2021, lot 623 (company's ticket included).
