LOT 2793
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 1 (AD 69).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥЄΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ЄΤΟΥΣ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Α (date), eagle standing to right on thunderbolt; palm branch in right field. RPC II 1936; Prieur 103; McAlee 324. Good Very Fine.(15.52gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2793
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Herod I Prutot and Other Mixed Greek Issue Group. 75-4 BC and other.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Group comprising: mixed issues and types; some modern cast copies. 59.18gr total, 15-24mm
Fine - Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 18.52gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Philip I AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ANTIOXEΩΝ ΜΗΤPΟ KΟΛΩN, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; ram leaping to right with head to left above, Δ Є over S C across fields, star below. McAlee 990. 15.19gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
