LOT 3405
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.(2.00gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Severus Alexander BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 225/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A KAI MA AVP CЄV AΛЄZANΔPOC [ЄV], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche reclining to left, on garlanded lectisternium, wearing kalathos and holding rudder; L Є (date) in upper field. RPC VI Online 10306; Dattari 4384; Emmett 3140. 10.57gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Laodikeia ad Lycum AE 15mm. Time of Tiberius, AD 14-37. ΠΥΘΗΣ ΠΥΘΟΥ (Pythes, son of Pythes), magistrate. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, laureate bust of Apollo to right, lyre before / ΠΥΘΗΣ ΠΥΘΟΥ, altar surmounted by headdress of Isis. RPC I, 2909; SNG Copenhagen 511; BMC 62-3. 2.51gr, 15mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 27mm of Adraa, Arabia. Dated CY 70 (AD 175/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[ΑΥΤ] Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟϹ(sic), laureate head to right / ΔΟΥϹΑΡΗϹ ΘЄΟϹ ΑΔΡΑΗΝധΝ Є ΒO (date), dome-shaped baetyl on altar supported by columns; head of ibex to left and right, flight of stairs between columns. RPC IV.3 Online 6721; Rosenberger 2; SNG ANS 1131. 11.29gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
