LOT 3662
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Bizya, Thrace. AD 247-249.
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. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(3.42gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 62, 17 October 2019, lot 717.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Tiberius (18/9 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm frond; IOY-ΛIA and [L] Є (date) across field. RPC I 4965; Meshorer 328; Hendin 6368. 2.28gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
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. -
Trajan AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 107/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ [ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ], laureate head to right / Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club with right hand, lion's skin draped over left arm; L I-A (date) across upper fields. RPC III 4264; Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 915; K&G 27.134; Emmett 679.11 (R5). 4.66gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
