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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Philip I AE 29mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated CY 5 (AD 244). IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head to left, between bull and lion; AN V in exergue. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2396; AMNG 100. 18.67gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, 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. -
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.
