LOT 2982
Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). In the name of Caesar (Augustus). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree with dates; [L] ΛΘ (date) across field. RPC I 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. Very Fine.(2.50gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus AE 28mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Struck AD 253-260. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL IVL AVG FEL BER (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus), Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding long cruciform sceptre and aphlaston, crowned by Nike standing left on column. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 62829; Rouvier 612-4. 17.36gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Claudius AE 23mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 41-54.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM IMP, bare head to right / COL IVL, founder plowing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 4545. 15.31gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ ('for Zeus Pandemos, the Synnadeans') , Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. RPC III 2619; SNG von Aulock 3984. 7.76gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means "of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support.
