LOT 3089
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117.
Struck AD 116/7. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑͶΟϹ ΑΡΙ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ • ΔΑ • Κ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; club to left / • ΔHMAPX • [...], laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, wearing lion skin around neck. Cf. RPC III 3562; cf. McAlee 467 (Tyre); cf. Prieur 1522 (Tyre). Near Very Fine.(13.49gr, 25mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Nero, AE 24mm of Caesarea Panias (as Neronias). Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Struck 61-68 CE. [NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ], laureate head of Nero to right; [lituus before] / ΕΠI BACIΛE AΓPIΠΠ NEPΩNIE in five lines within circular linear border within laurel wreath. RPC I 4988; Hendin 6303. 11.20gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Possibly contemporary imitation. Blundered legend, laureate head to right / Blundered legend, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash to left. For prototype cf. Prieur 954. 11.70gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan cracks at 2h and 4h.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 21mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated RY 24 of Agrippa II (83/4 CE). [ΔOMЄT KAICAP ΓЄPMANI], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Victory standing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄTO KΔ(date) B[AC] across fields; [AΓPIΠΠA] below. RPC II, 2262; TJC 150; Sofaer 208-9; Hendin GBC 6 6345; Hendin GBC 5 1315. 10.16gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
