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LOT 2826
Titus, as Caesar AE 17mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137(?) (AD 73/4).
TITOΣ K[AIΣAP], laureate head to right / [ΓAΔA]-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, [L ZΛP(?)] (date) above. Cf. RPC II, 2096; cf. Spijkerman 30; cf. Sofaer 29. Near Very Fine.(5.36gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Philip I AE 26mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Illegible inscription, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Illegible inscription, eagle displayed, with head to right, supporting plain circle enclosing the Caesarean triad: Ceres and Fortuna standing to right and Bacchus standing to left. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 2157; cf. Kadman II 112. 18.68gr, 26mm, 1h.
Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian and Vabalathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 of Aurelian & RY 5 of Vabalathus (August AD 271 - March AD 272).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Λ Δ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; L B (date) across fields / Ι Α Ϲ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝΟ Υ ΑΥΤ Ϲ Ρധ, laureate, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75753; Köln 3058-62; Dattari (Savio) 5424 corr. (obv. legend); K&G 106.71; Emmett 3914. 9.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 4 (AD 249).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAΡX EΞOYCIAC YΠA TO Δ, eagle standing to left, head to left, tail to right, wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 444; McAlee 935. 12.57gr, 26mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
