LOT 3243
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. After AD 140/1.
ΘЄΑ ΦΑVϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Three grain ears tied together, NT-BO across fields; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 Online 6365 (temporary); Sofaer 15; Kindler 11; Spijkerman 15. Very Fine.(2.16gr, 15mm, 6h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Lucius Verus AE 31mm of Midaeum, Phrygia. 164-165 AD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΡΜ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΜΙΔΑΕΩΝ, Zeus standing to left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre. RPC IV.2, 1911 (temporary); von Aulock, Phrygiens II, 748. 18.71gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens recorded by RPC Online.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Domitian AE 25mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Struck 92/3 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XII, laureate head to right / IMP XXIII COS XVI CE[NS P P P, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy. RPC II 2308; Sofaer 36-8; TJC 395; Hendin 1459. 11.43gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head to left / Large S C within laurel-wreath. Cf. RPC 4298. 13.95gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
