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LOT 3477
Titus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 79/80).
• ΑΥΤΟΚ ΤΙΤΟΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ ΣΕΒ, laureate head to right / OMO-NOIA, Homonoia seated to left, holding olive branch and resting elbow on armrest; L B (date) to left. RPC II, 2463; Köln 317; Dattari (Savio) 422; K&G 22.2; Emmett 233.2. Near Very Fine.(12.97gr, 24mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Tiberius AE 19mm. Dated RY 19 of Herod IV (15/6 CE). Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
[ΤΙΒ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣ], laureate head of Tiberius to right; c/m: star within incuse circle / ΦΙΛΙΠΟΥ ΤЄΤΡ[ΑΡΧΟΥ], tetrastyle temple façade (Augusteum of Paneas); L I-Θ (date) between columns. RPC I, 4943; Meshorer 101a; Hendin 6255b; Sofaer 132-3. 5.77gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Salonina, Augusta AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΠΟ ΛΙ ΚΟΡ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ C, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / ΑΦΡΟΔ-Ι-ϹΙЄΩΝ, cult statue of Aphrodite standing to right; to left and right, priestess seated to right and fountain (?); above, star and crescent. RPC X unassigned ID 60138; MacDonald 232. 6.64gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE 'As' of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤWΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥCЄΒ?], laureate head to right / Large S•C; below, Γ; all within wreath. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6999; cf. McAlee 555c. 11.47gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
