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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Aurelian and Vabalathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 of Aurelian & RY 5 of Vabalathus (August AD 271 - March AD 272).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Λ Δ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; L B (date) across fields / Ι Α Ϲ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝΟ Υ ΑΥΤ Ϲ Ρധ, laureate, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75753; Köln 3058-62; Dattari (Savio) 5424 corr. (obv. legend); K&G 106.71; Emmett 3914. 9.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 44/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head to right; L E (date) before / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina, veiled, standing to left and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column, to left lituus. RPC I, 5163; Dattari 128. 10.74gr, 25mm, 1h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus, as Caesar AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
TITOΣ KA-IΣAP, laureate head right / ΓAΔA-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, L ZΛP (date) above. RPC II, 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 3.66gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
