LOT 3393
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia).
Palm frond; IOY-ΛIA and L Δ (date) across field / TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4964; Meshorer 327; Hendin 6367. Near Very Fine.(1.66gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Septimius Severus AE 24mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[A K Λ] ϹЄΠ ϹЄOYH CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡΙ • ΠЄΤΡ • • • A • ΜΗΤΡ, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding small stele in extended right hand and trophy in left. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68620; Spijkerman 27. 8.26gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 224/225).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Athena seated to left, holding Nike with wreath and sceptre; beside throne, shield; L Δ (date) before. RPC VI Online 10269; Dattari 4285; Geissen 2420; Emmett 3095. 12.70gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Struck circa AD 41-42.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. 11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.
From the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included).
