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Titus with Agrippa II AE 8 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 29(?) of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 77/8).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
AYTOKP [...] CEBACTΩ, laureate head to right / ETO KΘ(?) (date) BA AΓΡΙ-ΠΠA, Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath. Cf. RPC II, 2291. 12.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 20mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 26 of Agrippa II (AD 85/6).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
IMP CA D VES F DOM AVG GER COS XII, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕΠΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ, large S C, ET KϚ (date) in exergue. RPC II 2272; Meshorer 36; Sofaer 223; TJC 164; Hendin GBC 6 6356; Hendin GBC 5 1326. 4.95gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 20mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 26 of Agrippa II (AD 85/6).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
IMP CA D VES F DOM AVG GER COS XII, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕΠΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ, large S C, ET KϚ (date) in exergue. RPC II 2272; Meshorer 36; Sofaer 223; TJC 164; Hendin GBC 6 6356; Hendin GBC 5 1326. 4.80gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 24mm of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 14 of Agrippa II (AD 73/4).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
[ΑΥΤΟΚΡ TITOC KA]ICAP CЄΒAC, laureate head to right / [L I]Δ BAC [AΓΡI]-ΠΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. Cf. RPC II 2248; cf. Hendin 1303; cf. Meshorer 138. 11.12gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus as Caesar, with Agrippa II AE 23mm of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 14 of Agrippa II's second era (AD 73/4).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
ΑΥΤΟ TI[TOC] KAICAP CЄΒ, laureate head to right / L IΔ (date) BA[...] AΓΡI-ΠΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. Cf. RPC II 2248; cf. Hendin 1303; cf. Meshorer 138. 14.36gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE. Sebaste or Aelia Capitolina mint. Legio X Fretensis issue.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Flavian bust to right / Two c/m's over uncertain host coin: LXF (for Legio X Fretensis) above boar advancing to right within rectangular incuse and galley to right within rectangular incuse. Hendin 1609; for countermarks: Howgego 291 and 409. 10.94gr, 25mm.
Countermarks: Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Faustina II AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust to right / ΓΑΔΑ[ΡЄ]-ΩΝ • ЄΚC, diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right. RPC IV.3, 6675 (temporary); Rosenberger 51; Sofaer 44; Spijkerman 49. 6.34gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 574, 6 November 2024, lot 265. -
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / L Є (date) within laurel wreath. RPC X Unassigned ID 75716; Köln 3089; Dattari (Savio) 5469; K&G 106.49; Emmett 3961.5. 10.39gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Struck 37-36 BC. Uncertain Sicilian mint.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
[MAG PIVS IMP IT]ER, bare head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus to right; to left, capis; to right, lituus / [PRÆF] above, CLAS • ET • ORÆ MARIT • EX • S C (MAR ligate) in two lines beneath Neptune standing to left, holding aplustre in his right hand and resting his right foot on prow; to left and right, the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, with their parents on their shoulders, running in opposite directions. Crawford 511/3a; Sydenham 1344; Babelon (Pompeia) 27; RBW 1785. 3.78gr, 18mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Sharply struck with a lovely old cabinet tone.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1993. -
Marc Antony and M. Junius Silanus AR Denarius. 32 BC. Athens mint.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
[AN]TON • AVG • IMP • III COS • DES • III • III • V • R • P • C, bare head of Mark Antony to right; small P (engraver's signature) in hair behind ear / M • SILANVS • AV[G] Q • PRO • CO[S] in two lines. Crawford 542/1; CRI 346; BMCRR East 175; RSC Antonia 71. 3.70gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Bankers' marks.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The small P on the obverse of this coin represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920. -
The Triumvirs. Octavian AR Denarius. Struck autumn 32 BC-summer 31 BC. Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?).
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Diademed and draped bust of Pax to right; behind, cornucopia; before, olive branch / CAESAR DIVI • F, Octavian, in military attire, advancing to right, raising his right hand in adlocutio and holding inverted spear over his shoulder in his left. RIC I 253; CRI 400; RSC 72. 3.99gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous surfaces with sharp details.
Private collection, Europe. -
Nero AE Sestertius. AD 67. Roma mint.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
IMP NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P XIII P P, laureate head to right / Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding long sceptre and resting left arm on shield, S C across field, ROMA in exergue. RIC I 356; Cohen 284; BMCRE 114; BN 427-428; WCN 168. 25.97gr, 36mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Professionally cleaned and slightly smoothed in the fields.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.