LOT 3399
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.(2.62gr, 17mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Tiberius AE Assarion of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 14-37. ΚΟΡ(ΝΗΛΙΟΣ) ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ (Cornelius Dioskourides II), in office for the second time.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΣΕΒΑΣ-ΤΟΣ, bare head of Tiberius (?) to right / ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ ΛAOΔ-IKEΩN, Zeus Laodiceus standing facing, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; to right, monogram of KOP. RPC I, 2906; BMC 141-2; SNG Copenhagen 547-8. 6.19gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Sand patina.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
RPC Online footnote: The monogram, which also occurs on Neronian coins of Aineias (2926-7), has been variously interpreted as standing for coronatus (Ramsay), ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΣ (BMC) and ΑΡΧΟ (Wa) Κορ(νήλιος) is correct, as it is spelled out in full on coins of another Dioscurides (under Domitian: KM 266, nos 20-1, von Aulock 3845). -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 21mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 24 of Agrippa II (AD 83/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΔOMЄT KAICA[P?] ΓЄPMANI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Victory standing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄTO KΔ(date) B[AC] across fields; AΓPI-ΠΠA below. RPC II, 2262; TJC 150; Sofaer 208-9; Hendin GBC 6 6345; Hendin GBC 5 1315. 11.20gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left, shield at side, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple; on each end of architrave, statues as acroteria; wreath in pediment, H to left, RS in exergue. Drost 87; R IC 202a. 7.08gr, 25mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
