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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Divus Augustus (or Tiberius?) AE 22mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. Circa AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΘEOΣ KAΙΣAP ΣEBΑΣTOΣ, bare head to right / Artemis Tauropolos on bull advancing to right, holding billowing veil over head; AMΦΙΠOΛITΩN below. RPC I, 1635; Varbanov 3110; AMNG 72; BMC 74. 8.33gr, 22mm, 1h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Maximinus I Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 235-238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 1 (AD 234/5). ΑΥΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L Α (date), Serapis standing facing, head to right, resting on sceptre. RPC VI, 10664 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 4594. 13.36gr, 25mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Judaea, Procurators. Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Jerusalem mint. Struck under Claudius; dated RY 14 (54 CE). NЄPധ KΛAY KAICAP, two oblong shields crossed, two crossed spears behind / Palm tree; BPIT above, L IΔ (date) K-AI in two lines across bottom fields. RPC I, 4971; TJC 340; Hendin GBC 6, 6377; Hendin GBC 5, 1348. 2.49gr, 17mm, 1h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
