LOT 3415
Philip I AE 29mm of Damascus, Seleucis ad Pieria. AD 244-249.
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ΔAMAC METRO, nude Ambrosia standing facing, head to right, clasping vine tendrils, floral structure at feet from which vines emerge. RPC VIII unassigned ID 26786 (temporary). Very Fine.(16.74gr, 29mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesFor more interpretations of the female figure on reverse, see G. Bijowski, "The myth of Daphne on a coin minted at Damascus," AJN 15 (2003), pp. 53-9 and K. Butcher, "Ambrosia in Damascus?," NC 170 (2010), pp. 85-91.
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Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Struck circa AD 215-217. AVT • K • M • AV • ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on breastplate / ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail to right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 843. 13.14gr, 28mm, 12h
Very Fine. Double reverse struck.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; [L Λθ (date) across fields]. RPC II, 4955; TJC 313; Sofaer 3-5; Hendin GBC 6, 6358; GBC 5, 1329. 1.52gr, 16mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Vespasian AE 25mm of Caesarea Panias. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Dated RY 18 (78/9 CE). ΑYΤΟΚΡΑ ΟYΕϹΠΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟV ΗΙ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing to left, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II, 2254; Meshorer 142; Hendin 6337; Sofaer 195. 12.43gr, 25mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
