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LOT 2978
Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE.
Sebaste or Aelia Capitolina mint. Legio X Fretensis issue. Flavian bust to right / Two c/m's over uncertain host coin: LXF (for Legio X Fretensis) above boar advancing to right within rectangular incuse and galley to right within rectangular incuse. Hendin 1609; for countermarks: Howgego 291 and 409. Countermarks: Near Very Fine.(10.94gr, 25mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included).
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Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Dated "New Holy Year" 4 (AD 71/2). AYTOKPAT • KAIΣΑ • OYEΣΠΑΣIANOY, laureate head to right / ETOYΣ Δ IEPOY (date), eagle standing to left on club, with wings displayed; palm frond to left. RPC II 1950; McAlee 338; Prieur 116. 15.69gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Struck AD 112-114. ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚHC ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟC ς (Tribunitia Potestas Consul VI) issue. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤO ς, aquila between two signa; that to the left surmounted by wreath, that to the right by hand. RPC III 4059 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Tell Kalak 10; Sydenham, Caesarea 226. 9.54gr, 23mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
