LOT 3474
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 3 of Tiberius (16/7 CE). Jerusalem mint.
In the name of Julia Augusta(?) (Livia). IOVΛIA(?) in two lines within wreath with large central jewel / Three lilies in bloom; L Γ (date) across field. Cf. RPC I 4961; cf. Meshorer 321; cf. Hendin 1335; cf. Sofaer 18-9. Near Very Fine.(1.50gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck possibly AD 219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYT K M ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΔHMAP[X ЄΞ YΠA] TO B, eagle with spread wings, head and tail to right, standing facing and holding wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields; between legs, star. Cf. Prieur 266. 10.87gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Macedon under Roman Rule, First Meris AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 156-2nd half of 2nd century BC. Amphipolis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder, on the boss of a Macedonian shield / Club; monogram of ΒΥΔΡ and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ and monograms of KT and MET below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Cf. Prokopov, Silver, Group II.A, 258 (slightly differing lower monograms); HGC 3, 1103. 16.67gr, 31mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE 20mm of Samosata, Commagene. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AΔPIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / ΦΛA CAMO MHTPO K(M erased)O, written in four lines within wreath. Cf. RPC III 3419. 6.93gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
