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LOT 2852
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Date RY 7 (AD 281/2).
A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in its beak; L Z (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75807; Dattari (Savio) 5555; Emmett 3984.7. Near Very Fine.(6.03gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17 (30/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. Struck under Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IZ(Z retrograde) (date) within wreath. RPC I 4968.9; Hendin GBC 6, 6371a; Sofaer 42. 1.52gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia AE 3 Units of Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi), Judaea. Struck under Nero, AD 65-68.
Estimate: £160 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £85
DIVA POP-PAEA AVG, statue of Diva Poppaea seated to left within distyle temple set on high podium / [DIVA CLAVD] NER F, statue of Diva Claudia standing to left on basis within hexastyle temple set on high podium. RPC I 4846; Meshorer 354; Sofaer 87. 7.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹV ΑΝϹ, Tyche, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche; all within central arch of distyle temple façade. RPC IV.3, 6516 (temporary); Spijkerman 12; Rosenberger 14; Sofaer 14. 15.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
