LOT 3350
Vespasian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 76-77.
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC CЄΒΑ, laureate head to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left. RPC II, 1659; Ganschow 71; SNG von Aulock 6362. Very Fine.(1.59gr, 15mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Severus Alexander AE 36mm of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 222-235. Marcus Vinicius Polites, strategos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
ΑY Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄY ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ • ΠΡΩ • ΑϹΙ • Γ ΝЄΩ • Τ-ΩΝ • ϹЄΒ ЄΠ Ϲ • ΠΟΛЄΙΤΟΥ, Cybele seated on throne to left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 4680; Klose 3. 21.86gr, 36mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Claudius AE 12mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 108 (AD 44/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Claudius to right / [ΓΑΔΑΡΑ] ΗΡ (date), crossed cornucopiae. RPC I, 4817; Sofaer 15; Spijkerman 17. 2.60gr, 12mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus with Agrippa II AE 27mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Dated RY 19 of the second era of Agrippa II (AD 78/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ[ΟΚΡΑ ΤΙΤΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Ϲ]ЄΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / [ЄΤΟΥ] ΙΘ (date) ΒΑ [ΑΓΡΙ]ΠΠ[Α], Tyche-Demeter standing ro left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. RPC II, 2257; Meshorer 145; Hendin 1310; Sofaer 198. 17.61gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
