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LOT 2850
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 278/9).
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. Near Extremely Fine.(8.48gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Pisidia, Termessus Major AE Enneassarion. Time of Valerian I to Gallienus, AD 253-268. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΤЄΡΜΗCCЄΩΝ, laureate head of Zeus to right; Θ (mark of value) below / AYTONOMΩN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Θ (mark of value) to right. RPC X Unassigned ID 63657; SNG BN 2194-6; SNG von Aulock 8639; SNG Copenhagen 337. 10.61gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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. 1.84gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tiberius AE 17mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 92 (AD 28/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[TIBЄPIധ] KAICAP[I], bare head to right / ΓAΔAPEIC, veiled head of Tyche to right; L ЧB (date) behind. RPC I 4812; Spijkerman 11; Rosenberger 15; SNG ANS 1291. 5.18gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
