LOT 3451
Phrygia, Apameia AE Hemiassarion of Half Assarion. Time of the Severans, AD 193-235. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
AΠA-MЄIA, turreted and draped bust of the city-goddess to right / CΩTЄI-PA, Hekate Triformis: the left and right one holding torches in each hand; the middle one patera in her right hand. BMC 110-3; SNG München 131; SNG von Aulock 3475. Near Very Fine.(2.64gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 3 of Tiberius (16/7 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
In the name of Julia Augusta(?) (Livia). IOVΛIA(?) in two lines within wreath with large central jewel / Three lilies in bloom; L Γ (date) across field. Cf. RPC I 4961; cf. Meshorer 321; cf. Hendin 1335; cf. Sofaer 18-9. 1.50gr, 18mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 112-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ [...], Arabia standing facing, head to left, holding branch over camel to left at feet and bundle of cinnamon sticks. RPC III 4073-5 (Arabian mint); Metcalf 15-7. 2.99gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 22 (AD 181/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
M AYPH KOMM ANTƱΝΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / Roma seated to left, holding Nike in right hand and sceptre in left; at her side, shield; KB L (date) to left. RPC IV.4 3388; Dattari (Savio) 3861; Köln 2207; K&G 41.29; Emmett 2521.22. 11.20gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
