LOT 3446
Philip II, as Caesar AE 28mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 244-247.
MARC IVL PHILIPPOS CESAR, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA, wreath containing AKTIA ΔOVCAPIA in three lines. Sofaer 54; Kindler 46a; Spijkerman 60; Rosenberger 52. Near Very Fine.(13.24gr, 28mm, 1h).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Vespasian AE 24mm of Caesarea Panias. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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. 10.58gr, 24mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Beautiful yellow-green patina.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AE 34mm of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANOVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA DOMINI ANTI COLON, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; S R (retrograde) across fields. RPC VII.2, 2739. 26.44gr, 34mm, 8h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Hadrian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Emperor standing facing, head to left, holding patera over altar and sceptre; L I-E (date) across fields. RPC III 5784; Dattari (Savio) 7523; Emmett 1082. 12.45gr, 30mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
