LOT 3449
Faustina II AE 27mm of Neapolis, Judaea. Dated CY 88 (AD 159/60).
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄ ϹЄΒ ΘΥΓΑ, draped bust to right / ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ ΠΟΛЄധC ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑΛЄϹT, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; ЄΤ ΠΗ (date) across field. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 10805. Very Fine.(12.51gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head to right / Caduceus between two grain ears; L I ϛ (date) across field. RPC III, 4770; Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 1091; K&G 27.524; Emmett 692.16 (R3). 2.21gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 73, 8 May 2022, lot 228. From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Faustina II AE 20mm of Alia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 150-161. ΓΑΪΟΣ ΑΣΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΓΡΕΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΣ (Gaius Asinius Agreus Philopappos), archiereus/asiarch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. 4.81gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Salonina, Augusta AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Aphrodisias, Caria. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΠΟ ΛΙ ΚΟΡ ϹΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ C, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / ΑΦΡΟΔ-Ι-ϹΙЄΩΝ, cult statue of Aphrodite standing to right; to left and right, priestess seated to right and fountain (?); above, star and crescent. RPC X unassigned ID 60138; MacDonald 232. 6.64gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
