LOT 3371
Attica, Athens AE 19mm. Time of Augustus, circa mid-late 20s BC. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing Attic helmet / Athena advancing to right, holding spear pointed upwards; before, coiled serpent to right; Α-ΘΕ in two lines behind; all within wreath. RPC I, 1309B; Chaidari and Ag. Varvara hoards 47; Kroll, Agora 151; Svoronos pl. 80, 34. Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples in RPC Online.(8.45gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla AE Assarion of Pheneus, Arcadia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
[...]NINOC, laureate head to right / ΦЄNЄA-T[ѠN], bearded Satyr standing to right, right hand raised, left hand outstretched. BCD Peloponnesos 1638; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; NCP p. 98 (Sept. Severus). 4.26gr, 22mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 219.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑVΤ•Κ•Μ•Α•••ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right, with slight drapery / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ЄΞ•YΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ Β, eagle standing facing with spread wings, head to left, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields, star between legs. RPC VI Online 7959 (uncertain mint); McAlee 758; Prieur 249. 11.80gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 724. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
L Є KAICAPOC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.45gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
