LOT 3997
Gaius (Caligula) AE Hemiassarion of Smyrna, Ionia. Struck circa AD 37/8. Gaius Calpurnius Aviola, proconsul; Menophanes, magistrate.
ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ЄΠΙ ΑΟΥΙΟΛΑ, laureate head to right / ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΗϹ, Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. RPC I 2473; BMC 277. Near Very Fine.(3.36gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3997
Gaius (Caligula) AE Hemiassarion of Smyrna, Ionia.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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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.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
L Є KAICAP[OC], palm branch / [NЄPധNOC] in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.79gr, 16mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (54 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Claudius and Agrippina Junior.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ in four lines within wreath / ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓЄΡΜ, two crossed palm branches; L IΔ (date) below. RPC I 4970; TJC 342; Hendin GBC 6, 6376; Hendin GBC 5, 1347. 2.57gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17 (30/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. Struck under Tiberius.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
TIBЄPIO[V KAICAPOC], lituus / L IZ (date) within wreath. RPC I 4968; Hendin GBC 6, 6371; Hendin GBC 5, 1342; TJC 333. 2.29gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
