LOT 3336
Tiberius AE Assarion of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 14-37. ΚΟΡ(ΝΗΛΙΟΣ) ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ (Cornelius Dioskourides II), in office for the second time.
ΣΕΒΑΣ-ΤΟΣ, bare head of Tiberius (?) to right / ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ ΛAOΔ-IKEΩN, Zeus Laodiceus standing facing, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; to right, monogram of KOP. RPC I, 2906; BMC 141-2; SNG Copenhagen 547-8. Near Very Fine. Sand patina.(6.19gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
RPC Online footnote: The monogram, which also occurs on Neronian coins of Aineias (2926-7), has been variously interpreted as standing for coronatus (Ramsay), ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ (BMC) and ΑΡΧΟ (Wa) Κορ(νήλιος) is correct, as it is spelled out in full on coins of another Dioscurides (under Domitian: KM 266, nos 20-1, von Aulock 3845).
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Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 4 Units of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 24 of the second era of Agrippa II (AD 83/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[ΔΟΜЄΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΓЄΡΜΑ], laureate head to right / [ЄΤ]Ο ΚΔ (date) Β[Α ΑΓΡΙΠΠ], Nike standing to right with foot on helmet, inscribing shield set on knee, [crescent(?) beneath wing]. RPC II, 2264; Meshorer 152; Hendin 6347; Sofaer 212-3. 4.58gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE Assarion of Parium, Mysia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ANTONINVS PIVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / C G I H PA, Genius standing facing, head to left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar with his right hand and holding cornucopia in his left. SNG Copenhagen 294; SNG BnF 1496; SNG von Aulock 1340. 8.52gr, 23mm, 8h.
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.
