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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LOT 3038
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Domitian AE 18mm of Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙ[ΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ], laureate head to right / [ΚΛΑΥΔ]ΙΕധΝ ΛΕΥΚ[ΑΔΙധΝ], veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right, wearing mural crown. RPC II 2038; SNG München -. 4.49gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Valerian I AE 26mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, three prize crowns, the central crown containing two palm fronds, those flanking only one; CERT SACR CAP OECV ISE HEL in three lines below. RPC X Online unassigned ID 63822; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen 440; SNG München -. 11.35gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Although the main Pythian Games were held at Apollo's sanctuary at Delphi, many other cities in the east of the Roman Empire periodically held smaller versions of this event. Often such events were associated with other deities, based on the important civic cults of each city. At Heliopolis, the site of a massive temple complex dedicated to Jupiter-Zeus-Baal-Hadad, Venus-Aphrodite-Astarte, and Bacchus-Dionysus, these games were known as the Certamina Sacra Capitolia Oecumenica Iselastica Heliopolitan, as noted on the reverse of the coin. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). Dated RY 11 of Tiberius (24/5 CE). TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm frond; IOY-ΛIA and L IA (date) across field. RPC I 4966; Meshorer 329; Hendin 6369. 1.81gr, 16mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
