LOT 3332
Faustina II AE 20mm of Alia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 150-161. ΓΑΪΟΣ ΑΣΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΓΡΕΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΣ (Gaius Asinius Agreus Philopappos), archiereus/asiarch.
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ, draped bust to right / ΑΓΡЄΥϹ ΑΡΧΙЄ-ΡΑΤЄ [ΑΛΙΗΝΟΙϹ], Aphrodite standing facing, nude, head to left, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand; to left at her feet, uncertain object (column or tree trunk). RPC IV.2 Online 1762; von Aulock Phrygiens I, 78-9; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 195, no. 5. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.(4.81gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Domitian AE 19mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP DOMITI-ANVS CAES AVG, laureate head to left / S C, Γ below; all within wreath. RPC II, 2024; McAlee 412c. 6.18gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE 26mm of Sepphoris, Judaea. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟ-ΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΕΔΩΚΕΝ, laureate head to right / ΣΕΠΦΩΡΗΝΩΝ in two lines within wreath. RPC III, 3936; BMC 1; De Saulcy 1; Rosenberger 3; Sofaer 1. 14.85gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 31mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL • I • FL AG(sic) [...], veiled figure ploughing to right with two oxen; above, Nike flying to left, holding wreath with both hands. Cf. RPC III, 3958. 20.17gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
