LOT 4039
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.(1.98gr, 16mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 4039
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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Valerian II, as Caesar AE 20mm of Teos, Ionia. Struck under Valerian I and Gallienus, AD 256-258.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
• ΠΟ • ΛΙΚ • ΟΥΑΛЄΡΙΑΝΟϹ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΤΗΙΩΝ Є-ΙΩΝΩΝ(sic), the poet Anacreon seated to right, playing lyre held on knee. RPC X Unassigned ID 61397; SNG Copenhagen 1536. 3.55gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 598, 29 October 2025, lot 313. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. Accompanied by a CNG coin ticket.
Anacreon was born in Teos about 582 BC and gained fame as a lyric poet. He left the city when it was threatened by the Persians circa 545 and subsequently helped to found Abdera in Thrace. He was later the court poet for the tyrant Polykrates of Samos. Upon his death, a statue was erected in the Acropolis in Athens (from CNG footnote). -
Faustina II AE 20mm of Hadrianeia, Mysia. Circa AD 166-169.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΦΑΥΤΙΝΑ(sic) ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust to right / ΑΔΡΙ-ΑΝΕΩΝ, Tyche standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC IV.2 Online 490 (temporary); SNG Copenhagen 169. 4.22gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE 24mm of Uncertain Mint. 27 BC-AD 14.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ ΘΕΟΝ, bare head to right / ΘΕΟΝ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ, capricorn to right; above, bunch of grapes; below, globe(?). RPC I, 5423. 8.21gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
