LOT 2977
Judaea, Legionary countermarks AE 22mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE.
Possibly Legio XII Fulminata issue. Flavian(?) bust to right; thunderbolt within rectangular countermark / Blank. For countermark: Howgego 475. Near Very Fine.(9.09gr, 22mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector.
FootnotesThe thunderbolt countermarks may have been applied for the Legio II Fulminata, but Howgego also suggests that they more likely relate to the cult of Zeus Hypsistos.
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LOT 2977
Judaea, Legionary countermarks AE 22mm.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 222-235.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
AYT K M A C ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHT KOΛ ЄΔЄϹCHΝΩN, the Tyche of Edessa seated to left on rock, holding ears of grain; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VI 7852 (temporary) var. (obverse legend). 6.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Hadrian AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated RY 14 (AD 129/30). Laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / Three grain ears; L IΔ (date) across fields. RPC III 5766; Dattari (Savio) 7862; Emmett 1176.14; K&G -. 1.29gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Dated RY 1 (AD 285/6). A K M OYA ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Homonoia standing facing, raising her right hand and holding double cornucopiae in her left; L A (date) across field; to left, pellet. Dattari (Savio) 5923; Köln 3280; K&G 120.9. 7.97gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
