LOT 3228
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 26mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 18 (AD 77/78).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠ[Α ΚΑΙϹ]ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤധ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟΥ ΗΙ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing to left, holding grain ears in right hand and cornucopia in left. RPC II, 2254; Meshorer 14; Hendin 6337; Sofaer 195. Near Very Fine.(10.27gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3228
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 26mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Arabia, Petra AE 15mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / Crossed cornucopiae; ΠM monogram (Petra Metropolis) above. RPC III 4098A; Sofaer 2; Spijkerman 1; Hendin 894. 1.62gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 111, 24 August 2023, lot 491 (company's ticket included). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Gordian III AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 241-244. ΣΑΒ. ΜΟΔΕΣΤΟΣ [Sab(inius?) Modestus], legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AΥT K M ANTΩ ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΥΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOΥ (OY ligate) NIKOΠOΛЄIT[ΩN] ΠΡOC IC[TPON], Tyche standing facing in tetrastyle temple, head to left, holding cornucopia; in pediment, globe. RPC VII.2, 1310; AMNG 2087-90. 10.99gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Athena standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears(?) in her right hand, left hand on grounded shield, date in field. Cf. RPC III 5825 (dated RY 17). 24.86gr, 35mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
