LOT 3489
Lucius Verus AE 30mm of Gesasa, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛΟΥΚΙ ΟΥΗ, laureate, [draped and cuirassed?] bust to left / ΑΡΤΕΜΙϹ ΤΥΧΗ [...], Artemis-Tyche advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, dog running to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 6597 (temporary); cf. Sofaer 17; cf. Spijkerman 15. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(18.20gr, 30mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.19gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 72/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L E (date) to right. RPC II 2438; Köln 296; Dattari (Savio) 384; K&G 20.39; Emmett 217.5. 9.85gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Light green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄB, laureate bust to right, drapery over far shoulder / Stag standing to right; [L IA] (date) across fields. RPC III 5693; Dattari (Savio) 2023; Emmett 1169.11. 5.36gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Hints of blue patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
