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LOT 3236
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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LOT 3236
Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Titus, as Caesar AE 22mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 69-79 CE. Judaea Capta issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[AYTOKP TITO]-C KAIΣAP, laureate head to right / IOYΔAIAC [ЄAΛ]ധKVIAC, Victory standing to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing [AYT KAIΣ] on shield resting on knee; palm behind. RPC II 2312; Hendin GBC 6, 6474; Hendin GBC 5, 1447; TJC 382. 8.44gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 (AD 136/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hexastyle monumental altar (of Caesareum); within, veiled female figure (Eusebia?); above, pyre of burning pinecones; L KA (date) below. RPC III, 6145; Dattari (Savio) 1893; Emmett 910.21; K&G 32.727. 25.06gr, 34mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 27mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ CAB TPANKYΛΛI-NA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina to left / OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXIAΛΕΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning to right on serpent-entwined staff. RPC VII.2 Online 1133; AMNG II 665. 14.23gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
