LOT 2914
Cilicia, Anazarbus AE 1/4 Assarion. Time of Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180.
Dated CY 180 (AD 160/1). Pseudo-autonomous issue. ANAZAP-BЄ, river-god Pyramos swimming to right / Horse walking to right, ЄT ΠP (date) above and below / RPC IV.3 Online 3636; SNG BN 2032-3; SNG Levante 1394. Very Fine.(1.36gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Lydia, Sardeis AE 15mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΤΙ. ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΜΝΑΣΕΑΣ (Ti. Claudius Mnaseas), strategos. Struck circa AD 65. Pseudo-autonomous issue. ЄΠI TI MNACЄOY CAPΔIANΩN, laurate head of Herakles to right, with lion's skin draped around his neck / CЄΒΑCΤΗ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left. RPC I 3010; GRPC Lydia 264; SNG Copenhagen 504. 2.23gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Legionary countermarks AE 22mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Possibly Legio XII Fulminata issue. Flavian(?) bust to right; thunderbolt within rectangular countermark / Blank. For countermark: Howgego 475. 9.09gr, 22mm.
Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector.
The thunderbolt countermarks may have been applied for the Legio II Fulminata, but Howgego also suggests that they more likely relate to the cult of Zeus Hypsistos. -
Judaea. Procurators, Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-POC, ear of grain curved to the right / Palm tree with dates; [L] ΛΘ (date) across fields. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 1.61gr, 15mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
