LOT 3472
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
L Є KAICAPOC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. Good Fine.(2.65gr, 16mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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Lucius Verus AE 29mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Inscription illegible, laureate head to right / Inscription illegible, nude Dioscuri standing facing each other, above each head, star; each wearing pileus and holding spear and bridle of horse; horses facing each other. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 25200 (temporary); Çizmeli -. 14.94gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by PRC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] AY ANTΩΝΙΝ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΓΥΘЄ]-ΑΤΩΝ, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding long spear and patera. 3.86gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Pergamon AE 19mm. Time of Domitian, AD 81-96. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΕΦΑΛΙΩΝ (Claudius Kephalion), strategos. ΠЄΡΓΑΜΟϹ, bearded head of Pergamos to right / [ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΛ] ΚЄΦΑΛΙΩΝ[ΟϹ], serpent-entwined staff; bunch of grapes to left. RPC II, 924; SNG Copenhagen 451; SNG von Aulock 1384; BMC 225-6. 3.17gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
