LOT 3471
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
In the name of Julia Augusta (Livia). [IOYΛIA], small bunch of grapes and vine leaf above / Narrow-necked amphora with scroll handles; [L Δ] (date) flanking. RPC I 4963; Meshorer 326; Hendin 6365. Near Very Fine.(1.43gr, 15mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. Dated Year of the Aradian Era 352 (AD 93/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopiae, tied with taenia; to right, BNT (date); to left 'b' in Phoenician. RPC III 3825.4 (this coin); Rouvier 862; ANS 1948.19.2211. 6.42gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only five examples on RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 18 (31 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IH (date) within wreath. RPC I 4969; TJC 334. 1.96gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
