LOT 3434
Macedon under Roman Rule, First Meris AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 156-2nd half of 2nd century BC. Amphipolis mint.
Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder, on the boss of a Macedonian shield / Club; monogram of ΒΥΔΡ and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ and monograms of KT and MET below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Cf. Prokopov, Silver, Group II.A, 258 (slightly differing lower monograms); HGC 3, 1103. Good Very Fine.(16.67gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Mesopotamia, Carrhae AE 10mm. Time of the Antonines, circa AD 138-192. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Crab; [ΚΑΡΡΗΝѠΝ] below / Crescent on filleted globe surmounted by star; ΚΑΡΡ[ΗΝѠΝ] below. RPC IV.3 Online 3984 (temporary). 1.00gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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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): £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. -
Caracalla AE 31mm of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Radiate, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Cf. RPC V.3, Unassigned ID 69942; cf. Lindgren & Kovacs 1664. 21.99gr, 31mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
Palea Paphos was one of the most important pilgrimage centres in the Greek world due to its famous Sanctuary of Aphrodite; the goddess herself was born of the sea near Paphos, and floated in on a scallop shell. When she arose, she was hailed as 'Cyprian'. The Sanctuary of Aphrodite continued to flourish well into the Roman era. Several Roman emperors honoured the shrine, and it was visited by Titus in AD 69 when the future emperor was on his way to Egypt; he consulted the oracle of Aphrodite, and was told that he had a great future. The sanctuary was rebuilt by the Romans after the earthquake of AD 76/77, in a design that preserved the layout of the original. The cult of Aphrodite survived at Palea Paphos until the 4th century AD, when emperor Theodosius I outlawed paganism. Today, virtually nothing remains of the Sanctuary save the holy ground itself.
