LOT 3339
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE 26mm of Peltae, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 147-161.
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ, bare-headed and draped bust with short beard to right / ΠΕΛΤΗΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ, distyle temple enclosing statue of Ephesia Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, and having supports; two stags flanking; in pediment, globe. RPC IV.2 Online 2144; BMC 23; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 284, 8. Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(12.54gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. Dated RY 41 of Augustus (10/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Palm tree with dates; L MA (date) across field / KAICA-POC, ear of gain curved to the right. RPC I, 4957; Meshorer 315; Hendin 6360. 1.64gr, 16mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Earthen green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero, with Tiberius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ]Σ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV, radiate head of Nero to left, wearing aegis; [L] ΙΓ (date) to left / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑP, laureate head of Tiberius to right. RPC I, 5295; Dattari 185; Geissen 187-189. 12.26gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Faustina II AE 27mm of Neapolis, Judaea. Dated CY 88 (AD 159/60).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Draped bust to right / Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; ЄΤ ΠΗ (date) across field. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 10805. 9.76gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
