LOT 3096
Phoenicia, Dora AE 24mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Dated CY 128 (AD 64/5). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Doros to right / ΔധΡΙΤധΝ to right, L PKH (date) to left, Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding standard and cornucopia. RPC I, 4757; Meshorer 17; Rouvier 758. Very Fine.(12.36gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 86 , 17 December 2023, lot 266.
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Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 16mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated Year 115 (AD 66/7). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄ-ΩΝ ΕΙΡ (date), laurel branch; dot below. RPC I, 4306; BMC Phoenicia 90-91; SNG Copenhagen 111. 3.64gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). Uncertain date. TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-Λ[IA L (?) (date)] in two lines across fields. Cf. RPC I 4964 (dated RY 4); cf. Sofaer 26-7 (same). 2.35gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Possibly contemporary imitation. Blundered legend, laureate head to right / Blundered legend, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash to left. For prototype cf. Prieur 954. 11.70gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan cracks at 2h and 4h.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
