LOT 3075
Thrace, Hadrianopolis AE 19mm. Time of Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Head of Herakles to left / ΑΔΡΙΑ-[Ν]ΟΠΟΛ, Herakles standing facing, head to left, holding club and lion skin. RPC VII.2, 787. Near Very Fine.(4.32gr, 20mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Septimius Severus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £450
Struck circa AD 202-204. AVT•KAI CЄOYHPOC•CЄ•B•, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX•ЄΞ•VΠA•TO•Γ•, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head and tail to right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 659b; Prieur 200. 13.28gr, 27mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Artemide Aste s.r.l., Auction LVI, 23 October 2021, lot 389 (company ticket included). -
Agrippina II AE 17mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 50-59.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΓΑΙΟΣ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΣ (Gaius Postumus), magistrate. ΑΓΡΙΠΕΙ-ΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤH, draped bust to right / ΓΑΙΟΥ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΥ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on cippus, head to left. RPC I 2918; SNG Copenhagen 569; BMC 174. 4.65gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus Caesar. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (54 CE). NEPω KΛAY KAICAP, two crossed shields over two crossed spears / BPIT (above) K-AI, palm tree; L IΔ (date) across field. TJC 340; Hendin GBC 6, 6377; Hendin GBC 5, 1348; RPC I, 4971. 2.69gr, 16mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
