LOT 3079
Agrippina II AE 17mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 50-59.
ΓΑΙΟΣ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΣ (Gaius Postumus), magistrate. ΑΓΡΙΠΕΙ-ΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤH, draped bust to right / ΓΑΙΟΥ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΥ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on cippus, head to left. RPC I 2918; SNG Copenhagen 569; BMC 174. Good Very Fine.(4.65gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus Caesar. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (54 CE). NEPω KΛAY KAICAP, two crossed shields over two crossed spears / BPIT (above) K-AI, palm tree; L IΔ (date) across field. TJC 340; Hendin GBC 6, 6377; Hendin GBC 5, 1348; RPC I, 4971. 2.69gr, 16mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Possibly contemporary imitation. Blundered legend, laureate head to right / Blundered legend, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash to left. For prototype cf. Prieur 954. 11.70gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan cracks at 2h and 4h.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Agrippina II AE 17mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 50-59.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΓΑΙΟΣ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΣ (Gaius Postumus), magistrate. ΑΓΡΙΠΕΙ-ΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤH, draped bust to right / ΓΑΙΟΥ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΥ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on cippus, head to left. RPC I 2918; SNG Copenhagen 569; BMC 174. 4.65gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
