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LOT 3403
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. Near Very Fine. Double struck.(1.58gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE 26mm of Peltae, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 147-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ, bare-headed and draped bust with short beard to right / ΠΕΛΤΗΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ, distyle temple enclosing statue of Ephesia Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, and having supports; two stags flanking; in pediment, globe. RPC IV.2 Online 2144; BMC 23; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 284, 8. 12.54gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar AE 24mm of Dium, Decapolis. Dated CY 270 of Septimius Severus (AD 207/8).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤΑϹ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΔЄΙΗ-ΝധΝ Ο[Ϲ] (date), War-god Hadad standing facing, wearing kalathos with bull horns, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and Nike; recumbent bulls flanking. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68424; Spijkerman 7; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 6-7. 11.03gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head to right / Caduceus between two grain ears; L I ϛ (date) across field. RPC III, 4770; Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 1091; K&G 27.524; Emmett 692.16 (R3). 2.21gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 73, 8 May 2022, lot 228. From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
