LOT 3119
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Dichalkon. Dated year 117(?) of the Caesarean Era (AD 68/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Head of Apollo to right, wearing tainia / Laurel branch; ET [Z?]IP (date) around. Cf. RPC I, 4323; cf. McAlee 116(b). Very Fine.(2.89gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Faustina II AE 27mm of Neapolis, Judaea. Dated CY 88 (AD 159/60).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Draped bust to right / Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; ЄΤ ΠΗ (date) across field. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 10805. 9.76gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/120).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒΑϹΤ, laureate head to right with drapery on left shoulder / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄT Δ (date) in right field. RPC III, 3074; Sydenham, Caesarea 255; Ganschow 194a. 1.60gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Titus with Agrippa II AE 27mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Dated RY 19 of the second era of Agrippa II (AD 78/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ[ΟΚΡΑ ΤΙΤΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Ϲ]ЄΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / [ЄΤΟΥ] ΙΘ (date) ΒΑ [ΑΓΡΙ]ΠΠ[Α], Tyche-Demeter standing ro left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. RPC II, 2257; Meshorer 145; Hendin 1310; Sofaer 198. 17.61gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
