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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Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Tiberius. Dated RY 17 (30 CE). TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IZ (date) within wreath. RPC I 4968; Hendin GBC 6, 6371; Hendin GBC 5, 1342; TJC 333. 1.29gr, 15mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Struck circa AD 214-217. IMP M AVR ANTONINVS, laureate head of Caracalla to right / SEP TVRVS METRO COLONI, bull standing right before vexillum inscribed LEG III GAL; before, murex shell. AUB 208; BMC 377. 10.29gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE Tetrassarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT K • M • ANT • ΓOΡΔIANOC • AVΓ (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN (ΩN ligate) ΠPOC (ΠP ligate) ICTΡON, Zeus seated to left, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left, eagle at foot to left. RPC VII.2, 1320; Varbanov 4246; Moushmov 1485; AMNG 2040. 12.10gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine. This coin published at www.wildwinds.com.
From 10th Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
