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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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): £33
[L Є] KA[IC]-AP[OC], palm branch / NЄPധN•C in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.96gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AVT KAI ANTധ-NINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠAT[OC Δ], eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, theatrical mask of Silenus to left; wine jug in exergue. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 83653; Bellinger 352; Meshorer 94; Prieur 1620. 12.60gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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): £26
N[Є]PധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KA[ICA]POC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.74gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
