LOT 2801
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 2801
Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17 (30/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. Struck under Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
TIBЄ[PIOV KAIC]APOC, lituus / L IZ (date) within wreath. RPC I 4968; Hendin GBC 6, 6371; Hendin GBC 5, 1342; TJC 333. 2.35gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 68/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤ ΤΙΤ ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝ ΚΑΙΣ, laureate head to right; L A (date) in lower right field / Victory flying to left, holding wreath and palm. RPC II, 2402; Dattari (Savio) 359; Emmett 205. 12.04gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 267/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to right, head to left, wreath in beak; L IЄ (date) in two lines to right, palm(?) to left. Cf. RPC X Unassigned ID 75563. 7.06gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
