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LOT 3446
Faustina II AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. 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.). [No Reserve]
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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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE 26mm of Peltae, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 147-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ, bare-headed and draped bust with short beard to right / ΠΕΛΤΗΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ, distyle temple enclosing statue of Ephesia Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, and having supports; two stags flanking; in pediment, globe. RPC IV.2 Online 2144; BMC 23; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 284, 8. 12.54gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5(?) of Tiberius (18/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-ΛIA L Є(?) (date) in two lines across fields. RPC I, 4965; Meshorer 328; Hendin 6368. 2.38gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero AE 23mm of Tripolis, Phoenicia. Dated CY 379 (AD 67/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head of Nero to right; lituus before; c/m: IMP(erator) • G•AL(ba) (IMP and AL ligate) within rectangular incuse / ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤ-ധ[Ν L ΘΟΤ (date)] anticlockwise, jugate heads of the Dioscuri to right. RPC I, 4520; SNG Copenhagen 277; for c/m: Howgego 592. 7.74gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
