LOT 3128
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPѠNOC 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.(2.20gr, 16mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Augustus AE 24mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Dated CY 123 (AD 12/13). Laureate head to right, aphlaston before / Bull running to left, upon which sits Europa, who holds her veil and horn of bull; ΣΙΔΩΝ L ΓΚΡ (date) below. RPC -; Rouvier -; BMC Phoenicia -. 7.91gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variety.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 85, 19 November 2023, lot 218. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 18.52gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Struck AD 215-217. [ΑΥΤ K M] A • ANTΩNЄINOC • CЄB •, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head to left, wreath in beak; bust of Shamash (Sol) to left between legs. Cf. Prieur 1009. 12.38gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
