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LOT 2823
Titus, as Caesar AE 16mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 135 (AD 71/2).
TITOΣ KAI-[ΣAP], laureate head to right / ΓAΔAPA, veiled head of Tyche to right; L EΛP (date) to right. RPC II, 2095; Spijkerman 27; Rosenberger 33. Very Fine.(3.88gr, 16mm, 2h.).
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. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.84gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117. Uncertain Regnal Year.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ [...] ΥΠΑΤ Є, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. Cf. RPC III, 3540 (RY 15). 14.06gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Time of Nero. Dated CY 169 (AD 58/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Dionysus wearing ivy wreath to left / Cista; ΘΞΡ above, ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ below; all within ivy wreath. RPC I, 4587; SNG Copenhagen 238; BMC 155. 5.53gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
