LOT 2971
Judaea. Herodians, Herod IV Philip, with Augustus AE 21mm. 4 BCE-34 CE.
Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint. Dated RY 16 of Herod IV (12/13 CE). [ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ] ΣΕΒΑ[ΣΤΩ], laureate head to right; c/m: Φ (?) in circular incuse / [ΦΙΛΙΠΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡ]ΧΟΥ (retrograde), tetrastyle Augusteum of Panias; [L Iς] (date) between columns. RPC I 4942; Meshorer 99; Hendin 1223b. Near Very Fine.(6.93gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2971
Judaea. Herodians, Herod IV Philip, with Augustus AE 21mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4). Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 1.58gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word "Hemhem" means "to shout," "cry out," possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Gordian III AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding nebris over shoulder, rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing to left, head to right. RPC VII.2, 3551; BMC 245; SNG Copenhagen 125. 8.13gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Domitian AE 25mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 81-96 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £79
Struck 92/3 CE. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XII, laureate head to right / IMP XXIII COS XVI CE[NS P P P, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy. RPC II 2308; Sofaer 36-8; TJC 395; Hendin 1459. 11.43gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
