LOT 2999
Faustina II AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 147-175.
Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust to right / ΓΑΔΑ[ΡЄ]-ΩΝ • ЄΚC, diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right. RPC IV.3, 6675 (temporary); Rosenberger 51; Sofaer 44; Spijkerman 49. Very Fine.(6.34gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 574, 6 November 2024, lot 265.
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Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 18mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Dated RY 26 (74/5 CE). ΔOMITIANOC [KAICAP], laureate head to right / ETO KS BA [AΓPIΠΠA], Nike standing to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing shield set on knee; to upper right, [star]. RPC II 2279; Hendin 6315a; TJC 165. 7.31gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
