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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Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
• ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙ • ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ • ϹЄ •, laureate head to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ • ЄΞ • ΥΠΑΤΟϹ • ΤΟ • Γ •, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head and tail to left, with wreath in beak; between legs, star. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 87425; Bellinger 65; McAlee 33; Amandry & Prieur 48; Prieur 1164. 12.54gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 31mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL • I • FL AG(sic) [...], veiled figure ploughing to right with two oxen; above, Nike flying to left, holding wreath with both hands. Cf. RPC III, 3958. 20.17gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian AE 19mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP DOMITI-ANVS CAES AVG, laureate head to left / S C, Γ below; all within wreath. RPC II, 2024; McAlee 412c. 6.18gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
