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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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 1.95gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Bizya, Thrace. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / BIZVHNΩN, athlete standing to left, dropping distance marker. Varbanov 1596; Jurukova 159-60. 3.42gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 62, 17 October 2019, lot 717. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 2.65gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
