LOT 3083
Severus Alexander AE 27mm of Aegeae, Cilicia. AD 222-235.
Dated CY 275 (AD 228/9). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄΥ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡΙ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟΛ ΑΙΓ ЄΟϹ (date), draped bust of Dionysus to right, thyrsus over shoulder; before, bunch of grapes. RPC VI, 7186 (temporary); SNG BnF 2359; Haymann 161a. Near Very Fine. Very rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.(11.77gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Tiberius. Dated RY 17 (30 CE). TIBЄPIOV [KAICAPOC], lituus / L IZ [Z retrograde (date)] within wreath. RPC I 4968; Hendin GBC 6, 6371; Hendin GBC 5, 1342; TJC 333. 2.02gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian AE 22mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated CY 135 (AD 71/2). KAICAP OYECΠACIA[N]OC, laureate head to right / ΓAΔAP[A], Tyche standing to left, holding wreath and cornucopiae; L EΛP (date) in left field. RPC II, 2093; Sofaer 24. 10.64gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE 26mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Struck AD 241-244. IMP CAES M [ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL [AVG FEL BER], temple with four columns enclosing bust of Astarte wearing turreted crown and flanked on each side by cornucopiae and aquilae; on roof, Neptune abducting Beroe flanked by two Victories holding wreath; pellet in pediment; in exergue, lion advancing to right. RPC VII.2, 3558; BMC 236-9; SNG Copenhagen 122. 13.01gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
