LOT 2947
Claudius AE 23mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 41-54.
TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM IMP, bare head to right / COL IVL, founder plowing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 4545. Good Very Fine.(15.31gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Phoenicia, Berytus AE 9mm. AD 218-222.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Pseudo-autonomous issue. CO-L, Marsyas standing to left and holding wineskin / BER above prow to right. RPC III 3858; BMC 27-35. 0.50gr, 9mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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. -
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. Died AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΘЄΑ] ΦΑΥϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Bundle of three barley-ears, NT BO across field; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 6365 (temporary); Kindler 11; Rosenberger 11; Spijkerman 15; Sofaer 15. 2.12gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
