LOT 3245
Salonina, Augusta BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 254-268.
Dated RY 12 of Gallienus (AD 264/265). KOPNHΛIA CAΛധNЄINA CЄB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / Eirene standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; palm frond to left, IB L (date) to right. Köln 2969; Dattari (Savio) 5331; K&G 91.33; Emmett 3855.12. Good Very Fine.(9.98gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 484, 27 January 2021, lot 623 (company's ticket included).
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Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (54 CE). In the name of Claudius and Agrippina Junior. ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔ[ΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓЄΡ]Μ, two crossed palm branches; L IΔ (date) below / ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠ[ΙΝΑ] in four lines within wreath. RPC I 4970; TJC 342; Hendin GBC 6, 6376; Hendin GBC 5, 1347. 2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 21mm of Canatha, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΟ(sic) ΚΟΜ, laureate head to right with traces of drapery on left shoulder / ΓΑΒΙ[Ν?] ΚΑΝΑΘ, diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right. RPC IV.3, 6544 (temporary); Donceel Group VI.4; Spijkerman 6; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 4. 7.14gr, 21mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Dated RY 13 (AD 149/150). ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤധ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Dikaiosyne seated to left, holding scales and cornucopia; [L] TPICKAIΔ (date) around. RPC IV.4 Online 1190 (temporary); Köln 1634; Dattari (Savio) 8388-9; K&G 35.471; Emmett 1489.13. 27.56gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Beautiful reddish-brown patina with touches of green.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
