LOT 3111
Lucius Verus AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙϹ • Λ • ΑΥΡ • ΟΥΗΡΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΓΑΔΑΡЄ-ധΝ • ЄΚϹ •, bareheaded and beardless male head (Marcus Aurelius?) to right. RPC IV Online 8551; Spijkerman 59; Rosenberger 59; Sofaer 57. Very Fine.(5.40gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 21mm. Time of Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Dated year 44 of the Actian Era (AD 13/14). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Zeus to right / EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOXEΩN, ram running to right, head to left; star above, ΔM (date) below. RPC I 4269; McAlee 99. 7.14gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPѠNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.44gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Uncertain mint of Minor Asia AE 24mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain ruler. Blank; circular countermark of male head to right / Blank; circular countermark of large B. 7.42gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
