LOT 3431
Judaea, Procurators. Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
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. Near Very Fine.(2.49gr, 17mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Struck AD 247-9. ΑΥΤΟΚ • Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. Unpublished in the major references with this reverse legend, including RPC Online, BMC Arabia, SNG Copenhagen. 11.96gr, 26mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant with a shorter reverse legend.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Philip II AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 11.72gr, 25mm, 6h
Good Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Judaea, Procurators. Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Claudius and Agrippina Junior. Dated RY 14 of Claudius = 54 CE. ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓЄΡΜ •, two crossed palm branches; L IΔ (date) between / [ΙΟΥ-ΛΙΑ Α]Γ-[ΡΙΠ]ΠΙ-[Ν]Α within wreath. RPC I 4970; Meshorer 342; Hendin 6376. 2.51gr, 17mm, 11h
Very Fine. Reverse off center.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
