LOT 3398
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
[L Є KAIC-AP]OC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. Near Very Fine.(2.03gr, 16mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phoenicia, Dora AE 22mm. Dated CY 130 (AD 66/7). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Doros to right / ΔധΡΙΤധΝ, Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding signa and cornucopia; ΛP (date) to left. RPC I, 4758. 10.22gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
AVT TPAIAN C-ЄB ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust to right, aegis on left shoulder / Trajan, togate, holding olive branch in right hand and eagle-tipped sceptre in left, driving slow quadriga to right; L Iϛ (date) above. RPC III 4666.2; Köln 621 var. (bust); Dattari (Savio) 757; K&G 27.493; Emmett 459.16. 16.03gr, 33mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Augustus with Julia Augusta (Livia) AE Dupondius of Romula, Spain. Struck under Tiberius, AD 14-37.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £71
PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Divus Augustus to right; star above and thunderbolt before / IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, laureate head of Livia to left set on globe; crescent above. RPC 1, 73; ACIB 3360; Vives 167-2; Ripolles 73; Chaves 12-210; GMI 1038-9; NAH 1060. 25.83gr, 36mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection.
