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LOT 2831
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Time of Nero. Dated CY 169 (AD 58/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Head of Dionysus wearing ivy wreath to left / Cista; ΘΞΡ above, ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ below; all within ivy wreath. RPC I, 4587; SNG Copenhagen 238; BMC 155. Near Very Fine.(5.53gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17 (30/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. Struck under Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IZ(Z retrograde) (date) within wreath. RPC I 4968.9; Hendin GBC 6, 6371a; Sofaer 42. 1.52gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 278/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΡΟΒΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings gathered, with wreath in beak; behind, palm frond, L Δ (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75790; Köln 3135; Dattari (Savio) 5563; K&G 112.17; Emmett 3981.4. 8.48gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 25mm of Tiberias Claudiopolis, Judaea. Dated CY 101 (AD 118/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AΥΤ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝѠ ΚΑΙС СЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis(?) on shoulder / ΚΛΑΥΔ ΤΙΒЄΡ, Zeus seated to left within tetrastyle temple, holding patera and sceptre; ЄT A[P] (date) in exergue. RPC III 3932 var. (arrangement of reverse legend); Sofaer 10 var. (same); De Saulcy 5 var. (same). 10.58gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
