LOT 3404
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.(1.37gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Lydia, Tabala AE 20mm. Circa AD 190-220. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΔΗΜΟϹ, head of Demos to right, wearing taenia / ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing, with supports. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 77023; GRPC Lydia 11; Hochard 2351f-k; Martin Demos Kame xxx. 4.77gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ [...], laureate head to right / [ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ?], Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. Cf. RPC III 2618. 9.37gr, 23mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means ''of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support. -
Volusian AE 19mm of Neapolis, Judaea. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[...] ΤΡΙΒ [...], radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ]ΠΟΛЄധϹ, mount Gerizim topped by temple, steep stairway upward with colonnade below. RPC IX, 2166; Sofaer 242. 6.47gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
