LOT 3081
Phrygia, Hierapolis AE 23mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Homonoia issue with Ephesus. Radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos to right, ΛAIP-BHNOΣ around / IЄPAΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ЄΦЄCIΩΝ ΝΕΩ-ΚΟΡΩΝ OMONOIA, clasped hands. RPC VIII Online, Unassigned ID 20751; Franke & Nollé 709; SNG BnF 1263. Very Fine.(6.78gr, 23mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 21mm. Time of Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Dated year 44 of the Actian Era (AD 13/14). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Zeus to right / EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOXEΩN, ram running to right, head to left; star above, ΔM (date) below. RPC I 4269; McAlee 99. 7.14gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus, as Caesar AE 21mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Judaea Capta issue. AYTOKP TITOC KAIΣAP, laureate head to right / IOYΔAIAC ЄA-ΛധKYIAC, Victory standing to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing [AYT KAIΣ] on shield resting on knee; palm behind. RPC II, 2312; Hendin GBC 6, 6474; Hendin GBC 5, 1447; TJC 382. 7.57gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
1st officina. AVT K Γ MЄ KY TPAIANOC ΔЄKIOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind; one pellet beneath bust / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing to left on palm, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC IX 1690; McAlee 1135a; Prieur 590. 13.13gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Twickenham collection, UK.
