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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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Elagabalus and Julia Maesa AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΣ (Iulius Antonius Seleukos), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ, confronted busts of Elagabalus to right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Julia Maesa to left, draped and wearing stephane / ΥΠ ΙƔΛ ΑΝΤ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (AP and ΩN ligate), Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; E (mark of value) to right. RPC VI, 1442 (temporary); AMNG 935-6; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.28.1.1-3. 15.49gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III AE 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 241-244. ΣΑΒ. ΜΟΔΕΣΤΟΣ [Sab(inius?) Modestus], legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AΥT K M ANTΩ ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΥΠ CAB MOΔЄCTOΥ (OY ligate) NIKOΠOΛЄIT[ΩN] ΠΡOC IC[TPON], Tyche standing facing in tetrastyle temple, head to left, holding cornucopia; in pediment, globe. RPC VII.2, 1310; AMNG 2087-90. 10.99gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 269/70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L B (date) across fields. Dattari (Savio) 5417; Emmett 3879. 10.36gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Light green patina.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
