LOT 3378
Divus Septimius Severus AE 27mm of Heliopolis, Coele. AD 211-212.
DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from front / I O M H COL HEL (Iupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus colonia Heliopolitana), aerial perspective view of the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84871; Sawaya 403-407. Very Fine.(12.53gr, 27mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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): £7
[L Є KAIC]-APOC, palm branch / NЄPധN•C in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.22gr, 16mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3)
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Oinochoe; L I-ϛ (date) across field. RPC III, 4774; Köln -; Dattari (Savio) -; K&G 27.525; Emmett 726 (R5). 2.30gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Assarion of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. ΕΓΔΙΚΟΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟΣ (Egdikos, son of Fronton), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £107
[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. 3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
