LOT 3432
Judaea, Procurators. Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus Caesar. Dated RY 14 of Claudius = 54 CE. [NЄ]Pω KΛAY KAICAP, two crossed spears and shields / Palm tree, BPIT above, [L] IΔ (date) across fields, K-AI across lower fields. RPC I 4971; Meshorer 340; Hendin 6377. Very Fine.(2.23gr, 17mm, 10h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Judaea, Procurators. Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Jerusalem mint. Struck under Claudius; dated RY 14 (54 CE). NЄPധ KΛAY KAICAP, two oblong shields crossed, two crossed spears behind / Palm tree; BPIT above, L IΔ (date) K-AI in two lines across bottom fields. RPC I, 4971; TJC 340; Hendin GBC 6, 6377; Hendin GBC 5, 1348. 2.49gr, 17mm, 1h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan Decius AE 32mm of Tarsus, Cilicia. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AY • KAI Γ MЄC • KYIN • ΔЄKI[OC TPAIA]NOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear; Π Π (ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ) across fields / TAPCOV MHTPO[ΠOΛЄΩC], Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club in right hand and lion's skin in his left; Α Μ [Κ] Γ Β (ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙ or ΓΝΩΜΗ ΒΟΥΛΗΣ) in fields. RPC IX 1356; SNG BnF 1756; SNG Levante 1157; SNG Copenhagen 399. 20.26gr, 32mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Die break on reverse.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 24mm of Orthosia, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Dated CY 531(?) (AD 219/220). ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ, radiate and cuirassed bust to right; cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion / ΟΡΘധϹΙЄധΝ ΑΛΦ(?) (date), Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lions(?) with horns. RPC VI, 8243 (temporary). 10.40gr, 24mm, 1h
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only two other examples cited by RPC Online.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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