LOT 4037
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. Very Fine.(2.87gr, 16mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 4037
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Nero, with Agrippa II AE 25mm of Caesarea Paneas (as Neronias), Judaea. Struck under Agrippa II, AD 61-68.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right; lituus before / ΕΠI BACIΛE AΓPIΠΠ NEPΩNIE in five lines within circular linear border within laurel wreath. RPC I 4988; Hendin 6303. 14.90gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Valerian I AE 26mm of Kyzikos, Mysia. AD 253-260. Struck under the strategos Apollonides.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian to right / ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ, lighted altar between two flaming torches entwined by serpents. RPC X Unassigned ID 61878 (this coin); SNG BnF 859; SNG Leypold 359. 10.53gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Nomos AG, obolos 31, 21 April 2024, lot 446. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
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Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 19mm. Dated year 44 of the Caesarean Era (AD 13/4). Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, legatus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Contemporary imitation.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΕΠΙ ΣΙΛΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΔΜ (date), ram leaping to right, head to left; star above. For prototype cf. RPC I, 4269. 4.56gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
