LOT 3110
Vespasian AE 22mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 69-79.
Dated CY 135 (AD 71/2). KAICAP OYECΠACIA[N]OC, laureate head to right / ΓAΔAP[A], Tyche standing to left, holding wreath and cornucopiae; L EΛP (date) in left field. RPC II, 2093; Sofaer 24. Near Very Fine.(10.64gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. Mid-late 1st-2nd centuries CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Local issue imitating a First Jewish War prutah or a Procuratorial prutah of Valerius Gratus. Illegible legend, amphora / Illegible legend, palm frond. See Meshorer 371 and p. 183-4; cf. Sofaer 1-5. 1.35gr, 13mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £39
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, 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. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Titus, as Caesar AE 21mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Judaea Capta issue. AYTOKP TITOC KAIΣAP, laureate head to right / IOYΔAIAC ЄA-ΛധKYIAC, Victory standing to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing [AYT KAIΣ] on shield resting on knee; palm behind. RPC II, 2312; Hendin GBC 6, 6474; Hendin GBC 5, 1447; TJC 382. 7.57gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
