LOT 3095
Gordian III AE 26mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Struck AD 241-244. IMP CAES M [ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL [AVG FEL BER], temple with four columns enclosing bust of Astarte wearing turreted crown and flanked on each side by cornucopiae and aquilae; on roof, Neptune abducting Beroe flanked by two Victories holding wreath; pellet in pediment; in exergue, lion advancing to right. RPC VII.2, 3558; BMC 236-9; SNG Copenhagen 122. Near Very Fine.(13.01gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 22mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[IMP C M] AVR • ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head to right; slight drapery on far shoulder / Incuse of obverse. Cf. RPC VI, 8178 (temporary). 7.39gr, 22mm.
Near Very Fine. Obverse brockage.
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 (58/59 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Jerusalem mint. Struck in the name of Nero. 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. 1.64gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Agrippina II AE 17mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 50-59.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΓΑΙΟΣ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΣ (Gaius Postumus), magistrate. ΑΓΡΙΠΕΙ-ΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤH, draped bust to right / ΓΑΙΟΥ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΥ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on cippus, head to left. RPC I 2918; SNG Copenhagen 569; BMC 174. 4.65gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
