LOT 3038
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 276-282.
Dated RY 2 (AD 276/7). A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis standing to left, holding flower and raising hem of dress; L B (date) in left field. Köln 3128; Dattari (Savio) 5533; K&G 112.8; Emmett 3987. Very Fine.(7.50gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Domitian AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 81/3. IMP DOMITI[ANVS CAES AVG], laureate head to left / S C, dot below; all within wreath. RPC II 2023; cf. McAlee 409b. 13.14gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Dated RY 22 (AD 137/8). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right with slight drapery on left shoulder / Nilus seated to left on rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; below, crocodile to right; L KB (date) in left field. RPC III 6250; Köln 1241-2; Dattari (Savio) 1438; K&G 32.767; Emmett 879.22. 12.76gr, 25mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Rare arrangement of the date.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius. [IOYΛIA KAICAPOC], three bound grain ears / [TIBЄPIOY] KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.60gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
