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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Domitian AE 19mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΚΑΙ, laureate head to right / ΙΠΠΗ-ΝΩ, horse standing to left; [monogram of AT to left]. RPC II, 2105; Spijkerman 5; Sofaer 10. 4.54gr, 19mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 30mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 243-4. A[VTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIA]NON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 19.72gr, 30mm, 5h
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Judaea Capta, Titus AE 24mm of Caesarea Maritima. 79-81 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
AΥTOKP • TITO-Σ KAIΣAP, laureate head to right / IOΥΔAIAΣ EAΛꟽKΥIAΣ, trophy; to left, Judaea seated and mourning to left with her hands tied; shield to right of trophy. RPC II 2313; Hendin 6476; TJC 384. 11.72gr, 24mm, 12h
Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
