LOT 2792
Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar, AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 2 (AD 69/70).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head of Vespasian to right / ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, laureate head of Titus to right; star to left, barred B (date) to right. RPC II 1940; McAlee 328; Prieur 106A. Good Very Fine.(15.17gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2792
Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar, AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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Gordian III AE Tetrassarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. AVT K • M • ANT • ΓOΡΔIANOC • AVΓ (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOV NIKO-ΠOΛЄITΩN (ΩN ligate) ΠPOC (ΠP ligate) ICTΡON, Zeus seated to left, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left, eagle at foot to left. RPC VII.2, 1320; Varbanov 4246; Moushmov 1485; AMNG 2040. 12.10gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine. This coin published at www.wildwinds.com.
From 10th Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Gordian III AE 'Sestertius' of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, seen from behind / CAES ANTIOCH COL, Gordian on horseback galloping to right, about to spear lion running to left below; S R below. RPC VII.2 2716. 19.83gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus AE As of Emerita, Spain. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Struck 23-2 BC. PERMISSV CAESARIS AVGVSTI, facing head of Silenos, amphora pouring water below / Priest plowing to left with pair of oxen; AVGVS[TA] above, EMERITA below. RPC I 11; ACIP 3373. 11.62gr, 27mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection.
