LOT 2667
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 18mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Dated Caesarian Era 177 (AD 128/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue. ANTIOXЄധN THC M[HTPOΠOΛЄധC], laureate head of Zeus to right / Boule of Antioch seated to left, dropping pebble into voting urn; [ЄT ZOP] in exergue. RPC III, 3737; McAlee 126d. Very Fine.(4.75gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Struck AD 59-60. NERO CLAVD • DIVI CLAVD • F • CAESAR AVG • GERMANI •, laureate head to right / Nike seated to right on globe, holding wreath. RPC I 3645; Sydenham, Caesarea 82; RIC I 617. 1.79gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Gordian III AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT • K • M • ANT • ΓOPΔIANOC • AVΓ •, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN ΠP(ligate)-OC ICTPON, Sarapis seated to left, extending right arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre with left. RPC VII.2, 1301; AMNG 2045. 12.05gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius AE As of Saguntum, Spain. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
L. Sempronius Geminus and L. Valerius Sura, duoviri. TI • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • F • AVG, bare head to right / L • SE[MP] • GEMINO • L •VAL(ligate) • SVRA II VIR, galley to right; SAG above; c/m: DD within rectangular incuse. RPC I 202; ACIP 3237; for c/m: ACIP p. 782, 26. 10.82gr, 30mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection.
