LOT 4038
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
L Є KAICAP[OC], palm branch / [NЄPധNOC] in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. Near Very Fine.(1.79gr, 16mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 4038
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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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. -
Antoninus Pius AE 11mm of Perge, Pamphylia. AD 138-161.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
KAICA ANTΩNEI, laureate head to right / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Sphinx seated to left, uncertain symbol behind. Unpublished. 1.19gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and possibly unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Valerian I AE 25mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. AD 253-260.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL A HELIOP (or HELIVP?), table with four visible legs, two in profile and two facing, and with x-shaped struts between them, bearing a large prize crown containing a grain ear flanked by two palm branches. RPC X Unassigned ID 63796 var. (reverse legend); Sawaya 690-691 var. (same). 10.27gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with this reverse legend.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. Accompanied by a Naville coin ticket.
