LOT 3401
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. Very Fine.(2.48gr, 16mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Severus Alexander AE 36mm of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 222-235. Marcus Vinicius Polites, strategos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
ΑY Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄY ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ • ΠΡΩ • ΑϹΙ • Γ ΝЄΩ • Τ-ΩΝ • ϹЄΒ ЄΠ Ϲ • ΠΟΛЄΙΤΟΥ, Cybele seated on throne to left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 4680; Klose 3. 21.86gr, 36mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Lydia, Tripolis AE 23mm. Time of Elagabalus to Severus Alexander, AD 218-235. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right / ΤΡΙΠΟ-ΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Artemis advancing to right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder. RPC X Online 5565; GRPC Lydia 76. 4.55gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius AR Drachm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. Circa AD 17-32.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
ΤIΒΕΡΙΟΣ [ΚΑΙΣΑΡ] ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head to to right / ΘΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, Mount Argaeus surmounted by nude male statue, holding globe and sceptre. RPC I 3620; Sydenham, Caesarea 42. 3.82gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Excellent toning with hints of blue and golden iridescence around the devices.
Private collection, France. Private European collection.
