LOT 3446
Lydia, Mostene AE 25mm. Circa AD 169-180. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΘЄA PΩMH, helmetted and draped bust of Roma to right; spear to right; c/m: male head to left / MOCTHNΩN ΛVΔΩN, tripod; two palm fronds above. RPC IV.2 Online 17164 (temporary); Hochard 1364. Near Very Fine.(7.89gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Domitian AE 25mm of Mopsus, Cilicia. Dated CY 161(?) (AD 93/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΔOMЄTIA[NOC CЄ]BACTOC, laureate head to right / Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and leaning on tripod / [MOΨЄATΩN THC IЄPAC KAI ACYΛOY] to left, KAI A[YTO]NOM[OY] to right, [AΞP] date to outer right. RPC II 1741; SNG Levante 1326. 11.42gr, 25mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Export permit approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 713. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Trajan Decius AE 27mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 249-251 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C MES [...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [...] CAES METR, eagle standing to left, head turned to right, with open wings, supporting wreath with bust of Tyche to right. Cf. RPC IX 2068; cf. Kadman, Caesarea 129-130. 18.38gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Earthen brown patina, some roughness.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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): £65
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. 2.60gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
