LOT 3407
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.(2.47gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Julia Augusta (Livia) AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 39 of Augustus (AD 9/10).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Draped bust to right / L ΛΘ (date) within oak wreath. RPC I, 5042; Köln 37; Dattari (Savio) 66; K&G 3.7; Emmett 57.39. 3.41gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 26mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Turreted Tyche standing facing, head left, holding cornucopiae and bridle of horse standing behind; ΘΚС in exergue. RPC IV Online 6289 (temporary); Spijkerman 8; Sofaer 12. 8.22gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Assarion of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. ΕΓΔΙΚΟΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟΣ (Egdikos, son of Fronton), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £107
[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. 3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
