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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Trebonianus Gallus AE 35mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΑΥ Κ • ΓΑ • ΙΟΥΛΙ ΤΡЄΒΩ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ-[Є]ΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΚΑΛ-ΔΝΩ, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; in front of Apollo, palm branch, behind Artemis-Tyche, cornucopiae. RPC IX 1331; cf. SNG BnF 1051. 21.26gr, 35mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck on reverse.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Mysia, Pergamon AE 16mm. Circa AD 40-60.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-autonomous issue. [ΘE]ON CYN-KΛHTON, draped bust of Senate to right / ΘEAN PΩ-MHN, draped bust of Roma to right. RPC I 2374; SNG BnF 1964-1967. 3.75gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Commodus AE 20mm of Philadelphia, Lydia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 177-179. Α Κ • Λ ΑΥΡ ΚOΜOΔO ΑΥ[Γ], laureate young bust to right / ΦΙΛΑΔЄ-ΛΦЄΩΝ, Asclepius standing facing, head to left, holding serpent-staff. RPC IV.2, 1377 (temporary); GRPC Lydia 303. 5.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
