LOT 3008
Elagabalus AE 19mm of Charachmoba, Arabia. AD 218-222.
[Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤW]ΝΙΝΟ, laureate head to right; star before / XA-PAX-[...], platform with steps leading up to it, on which is column flanked by baetyls; to right, priest seated to left. Cf. RPC VI, 9365 (temporary); cf. Rosenberger 2; Sofaer 3 var. (bust). Near Very Fine.(6.32gr, 19mm, 12h.).
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. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.92gr, 15mm, 12h.
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. -
Gordian III AE 27mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Struck AD 241-244. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, temple with four columns enclosing bust of Astarte wearing turreted crown and flanked on each side by cornucopiae and aquilae; on roof, Neptune abducting Beroe flanked by two Victories holding wreath; pellet in pediment; in exergue, lion advancing to right. RPC VII.2, 3558; BMC 236-9; SNG Copenhagen 122. 12.53gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
