LOT 3092
Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 249-251.
1st officina. AVT K Γ MЄ KY TPAIANOC ΔЄKIOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind; one pellet beneath bust / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing to left on palm, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC IX 1690; McAlee 1135a; Prieur 590. Near Extremely Fine.(13.13gr, 27mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Twickenham collection, UK.
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LOT 3092
Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
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Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (54 CE). In the name of Claudius and Agrippina Junior. ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔ[ΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓЄΡ]Μ, two crossed palm branches; L IΔ (date) below / ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠ[ΙΝΑ] in four lines within wreath. RPC I 4970; TJC 342; Hendin GBC 6, 6376; Hendin GBC 5, 1347. 2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-ΛIA L Δ (date) in two lines across fields. RPC I 4964; Sofaer 26-7; TJC 327; Hendin GBC 6, 6367; Hendin GBC 5, 1338. 1,60gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £90 - 120 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection.
