LOT 2984
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). Dated RY 11 of Tiberius (24/5 CE). TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm frond; IOY-ΛIA and L IA (date) across field. RPC I 4966; Meshorer 329; Hendin 6369. Very Fine.(1.81gr, 16mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Judea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.75gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Bristol gentleman. -
Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Struck AD 112-114. ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚHC ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟC ς (Tribunitia Potestas Consul VI) issue. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤO ς, aquila between two signa; that to the left surmounted by wreath, that to the right by hand. RPC III 4059 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Tell Kalak 10; Sydenham, Caesarea 226. 9.54gr, 23mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Assarion. Dated CY 115 (AD 66/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-autonomous issue. ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩ-Ν, diademed head of Zeus to right / • ЄTO ЄIP (date), Boule seated to left, placing vote in urn. RPC I 4305.2; McAlee 112. 6.63gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
