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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Domitian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 10 (AD 90/1). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ Ϲ[ЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ], laureate head to right / Harpocrates standing to left, holding cornucopia; L I (date) in left field. RPC II, 2580; Dattari (Savio) 6741; Geissen 373. 8.47gr, 24mm, 12h.
Fine. Very rare.
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. -
Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17 (30 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Jerusalem. Struck under Tiberius. TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IZ (date) within wreath. RPC I 4968; Hendin GBC 6, 6371; Hendin GBC 5, 1342; TJC 333. 2.03gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
