LOT 3385
Valerian AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 253-260.
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL TV-RO METR, Cadmus advancing to right holding spear in left hand and beckoning behind him with right; to left, murex shell. RPC X Unassigned ID 62891 var. (bust and obverse legend). Very Fine. Very rare.(11.20gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE 31mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL • I • FL AG(sic) [...], veiled figure ploughing to right with two oxen; above, Nike flying to left, holding wreath with both hands. Cf. RPC III, 3958. 20.17gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Struck circa AD 41-42.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. 11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.
From the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included). -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ascalon, Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, dove to right with olive branch in beak. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 79260; Prieur -. 11.83gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 525, 20 October 2022, lot 713.
