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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Phrygia, Cotiaeum AE 25mm. Time of Valerian and Gallienus, AD 253-268. ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ, ΑΡΧΩΝ (Diogenes, son of Dionysios), archon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΔΗΜΟϹ ΚΟΤΙΑ[ΕΩΝ], diademed head of Demos to right / ЄΠΙ ΔΙΟΓЄΝΟ-ΥϹ ΔΙΟΝΥ-ϹI around and in exergue, Α Ρ Χ in right field, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in right hand and sceptre in left. RPC X Unassigned ID 97769 corr. 8.01gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Cos III (AD 100).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑNΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head of Trajan to right, above eagle standing to right, with wings folded; in left field, palm branch projecting from Trajan’s head; in right field, club / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤ Γ, laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, wearing lion skin around neck. RPC III, 3526; Prieur 1482; McAlee 452. 14.58gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful toning.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 8 or 10 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 27 of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 75/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑ-ϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / Tyche-Demeter standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding grain ears and cornucopia; star to upper left; ETOV KZ (date) BA AΓPI-ΠΠA in two lines across field; macron above BA. RPC II, 2283; Meshorer 166; Hendin 6318; Sofaer 240. 16.89gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
