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LOT 3460
Tiberius AE Dupondius of Commagene. AD 19-20.
TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXII, winged caduceus between two crossed cornucopiae. RIC I 90; RPC I 3869; BMCRE 175. Near Very Fine.(17.34gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Faustina II AE 20mm of Alia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 150-161. ΓΑΪΟΣ ΑΣΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΓΡΕΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΣ (Gaius Asinius Agreus Philopappos), archiereus/asiarch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ, draped bust to right / ΑΓΡЄΥϹ ΑΡΧΙЄ-ΡΑΤЄ [ΑΛΙΗΝΟΙϹ], Aphrodite standing facing, nude, head to left, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand; to left at her feet, uncertain object (column or tree trunk). RPC IV.2 Online 1762; von Aulock Phrygiens I, 78-9; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 195, no. 5. 4.81gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE 32mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 115.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP AVG GER DAC COS [VI P P], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Astarte-Tyche standing to left, resting foot on helmet and holding bust and sceptre, within Tetrastyle temple with central arch behind enclosure with altar in front; at feet in right field, harbour-god holding anchor; • C • T(sic) • F AVG • C•A•E•S • in exergue. RPC II 3954; Rosenberger 19; Kadman 22; Sofaer pl. 23 , 21; Samuels 172. 17.90gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 26mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 18 (AD 77/78).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠ[Α ΚΑΙϹ]ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟΥ ΗΙ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing to left, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II, 2254; Meshorer 14; Hendin 6337; Sofaer 195. 10.27gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
