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. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Jerusalem mint. In the name Julia Augusta (Livia). Dated RY 2 of Tiberius (15/6 CE). ΙΟΥΛΙΑ in two lines within wreath / Upright branch; L B (date) flanking. RPC I, 4959; Meshorer 317; Hendin 6362. 1.43gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip II AE 24mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 8.93gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 22mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[IMP C M] AVR • ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head to right; slight drapery on far shoulder / Incuse of obverse. Cf. RPC VI, 8178 (temporary). 7.39gr, 22mm.
Near Very Fine. Obverse brockage.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
