LOT 3347
Lucius Verus AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-169.
ΑΥΤO Λ OΥΗΡOϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΚ-ΥΡΑϹ, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC IV.3 Online 9787 = Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, GR 19738 (Ankyra in Phrygia). Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(4.12gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Macedon, Philippi AE 21mm. Time of Claudius to Nero, circa AD 48-61. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Victory standing to left on base, holding wreath and palm; VIC AVG across fields / COHOR PRAE PHIL, three standards. RPC I, 1651; BMC 23; SNG ANS 675-681; SNG Copenhagen 305. 3.95gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Fought between Brutus and his Republican allies against Marc Antony and Octavian in 42 BC, the Battle of Philippi was a decisive victory for the Second Triumvirate but did not end the Civil Wars, which continued for a further twelve years. Dated to the reigns of Claudius or Nero due to the fabric of the issue (copper not being used in Macedon before this time), this coin commemorates the battle and the settlement of veterans from the Praetorian Cohort at Philippi. -
Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt Fourrée Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. 36 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
[BACIΛICCA K]ΛЄOΠA[TPA ΘЄA NЄധTЄPA], diademed bust of Cleopatra to right, wearing earring, necklace, and embroidered dress / ANTധNIOC AVTOKPA[TധP TPITON TPIധN ANΔPധN], bare head of Marc Antony to right. For prototype: RPC I, 4094; McAlee 174; Prieur 27; HGC 9, 1361. 12.02gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Procurators. Valerius Gratus AR Prutah. Dated RY 3 of Tiberius (16/7 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Julia Augusta (Livia).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Three lilies in bloom; L Γ (date) across field / IOVΛIΛ in two lines within wreath with large central jewel. RPC I, 4961; Meshorer 321; Hendin 6364. 1.88gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
