LOT 3434
Judaea, Procurators. Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Jerusalem mint; dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). In the name of Nero. NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. Very Fine.(2.13gr, 16mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Titus AE 8 Units. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 26 of the first era of Agrippa II (74/5 CE). AYTOKP T[ITOC KAICAP] CEBAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ETO Kς (date) BA [AΓ]PΙ-ΠΠA, Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath; crescent above. Cf. RPC II, 2276 (no crescent). 12.14gr, 25mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus I Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 235-238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 1 (AD 234/5). ΑΥΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L Α (date), Serapis standing facing, head to right, resting on sceptre. RPC VI, 10664 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 4594. 13.36gr, 25mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman; From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included. -
Elagabalus 22mm of Esbus, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVT C M AVP ANTONINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing to left within tetrastyle temple, with arcuated lintel, holding sceptre with left hand and small bust with right, right foot on bull's head (or prow); A-V above wings, [ЄC]BOVC in exergue. RPC VI, 9345.13 (temporary) (this coin); Rosenberger 3 (Tyche holds phiale and her foot on river-god); Sofaer 4-5. 9.93gr, 22mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Rare. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E-auction 531, 25 January 2023, lot 659.
