LOT 3126
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). 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.(1.70gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 21mm. Time of Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Dated year 44 of the Actian Era (AD 13/14). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Zeus to right / EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOXEΩN, ram running to right, head to left; star above, ΔM (date) below. RPC I 4269; McAlee 99. 7.14gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 22mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
[IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [COL I FL AVG CA]ESARENS, draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing calathus. RPC III 3959; Meshorer, Caesarea 28; Rosenberger 29; Sofaer 30; SNG ANS 767. 12.49gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 14 (AD 129/30). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; L IΔ (date) to left. RPC III 5756; Dattari (Savio) 1851; Emmett 1144. 9.28gr, 26mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
