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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Philip II AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. 10.58gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.
From a UK, private collection. -
Augustus AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
P. Quinctilius Varus, legatus. Struck 6-4 BC. IMP CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head to right / [...]CTLLLVS VVRVS, two aquilae between two standards. Cf. RPC I 4535. 7.56gr, 21mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; L Λθ (date) across fields. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 1,99gr, 16mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
