LOT 2920
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 69-79.
Dated "New Holy Year" 4 (AD 71/2). AYTOKPAT • KAIΣΑ • OYEΣΠΑΣIANOY, laureate head to right / ETOYΣ Δ IEPOY (date), eagle standing to left on club, with wings displayed; palm frond to left. RPC II 1950; McAlee 338; Prieur 116. Good Very Fine.(15.69gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2920
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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Judaea, Legionary Countermarks on AE As of Vespasian. 69-79 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Rome mint; struck 74 CE. Legio X Fretensis issue. [IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS V CENS], laureate head of Vespasian to right; large X in square countermark / Spes advancing to left, holding flower; [S C in fields]. Cf. RIC II.1 730; cf. RCV 2361. For countermark: Howgego 735ii (Ascalon, circa 85/6 CE). 8.44gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated RY 1 (AD 244). Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ЄΥϹЄB [ϹЄ?]Β, laureate and cuirassed bust tο right, seen from front, gorgoneion on breastplate / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head το left, holding scales and cornucopia; L A (date) to upper left. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 3066; Köln 2698; Dattari (Savio) 4869 & 12479; K&G 74.3; Emmett 3477.1. 13.01gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Corroded surfaces.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 21mm. Time of Augustus to Tiberius (27 BC-AD 37).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Struck circa 10 BC-AD 18. Europa on bull to left; ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ and [date] below / Altar before tetrastyle temple with tall podium. Cf. RPC I 4568-71. 6.41gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
