LOT 3007
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. Died AD 140/1.
[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. Very Fine.(2.12gr, 15mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated CY 41 (10/11 CE). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; L ΜΑ (date) across fields. RPC II 4957; TJC 315; Sofaer 7; Hendin 1331. 2.03gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Legionary Countermarks on AE As of Vespasian. 69-79 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Rome mint; struck 74 CE. Legio X Fretensis issue. [IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS V CENS], laureate head of Vespasian to right; large X in square countermark / Spes advancing to left, holding flower; [S C in fields]. Cf. RIC II.1 730; cf. RCV 2361. For countermark: Howgego 735ii (Ascalon, circa 85/6 CE). 8.44gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Divus Augustus AE 19mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Died AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck under Trajan, AD 99-102. DIVOS AVGVSTVS, bare head to right / Two military standards, each surmounted by eagle and two signa; COL V above, BER VIII between. RPC III 3836; Rouvier 497. 7.17gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
