LOT 3445
Domitian AE 17mm of Caesarea Maritima. 81-96 CE.
Struck circa 83 CE. Judaea Capta issue. [IMP DOMITIANVS CAES AVG GERMANICVS], laureate head to right / Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy. RPC II 2306; Sofaer 30-2; TJC 393; Hendin 1456. Near Very Fine.(5.68gr, 17mm, 12h).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-PO[C], grain ear / Palm tree; L Λθ (date) across fields. RPC II 4955; TJC 313; Sofaer 3-5; Hendin GBC 6, 6358; GBC 5, 1329. 1.94gr, 16mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 29mm of Damascus, Seleucis ad Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ΔAMAC METRO, nude Ambrosia standing facing, head to right, clasping vine tendrils, floral structure at feet from which vines emerge. RPC VIII unassigned ID 26786 (temporary). 16.74gr, 29mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
For more interpretations of the female figure on reverse, see G. Bijowski, "The myth of Daphne on a coin minted at Damascus," AJN 15 (2003), pp. 53-9 and K. Butcher, "Ambrosia in Damascus?," NC 170 (2010), pp. 85-91. -
Augustus AE 25mm of Panormus, Sicily. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Struck circa AD 7-14. ΠΑΝΟΡ-ΜΙΤΑΝ, bare head to right / Triskeles with Gorgoneion at centre; ears of barley between legs. RPC I 641; CNS 20; SNG Copenhagen 543. 8.41gr, 25mm, 6h
Very Fine. Lightly tooled.
From the private collection of a London antiquarian.
