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)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Trajan Decius AE 28mm of Selinus-Traianopolis, Cilicia. AD 249-251.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΛΙ ΤΗϹ ΙЄΡΑϹ, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus. Cf. RPC IX 1304; Levante E., The Coinage of Selinus in Cilicia in NC 1990 -. 8.36gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 18mm of Prusa ad Olympum, Bithynia. AD 198-217. Struck under Septimius Severus.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟC, laureate head to right / ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ, aquila between two military standards, topped with wreaths. RPC VI Online 30464 corr. (Elagabalus). 2.83gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Exceptionally rare; only one example cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AE 25mm of Pergamon, Mysia. AD 193-211.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΠΩΛΛΙΩ (Iulius Pollio), strategos. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΒΗΡΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡ ΠΩΛ, Homonoia standing to left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 1250; BMC 312–3; SNG BnF 2200-1. 7.52gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
