LOT 3441
Nero AE 18mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 131 (AD 67/8).
Laureate head to right; c/m: male head(?) to right within incuse circle / Horse standing to left; [AΛP (date)] in exergue. Cf. RPC I, 4808; for c/m: Howgego 121. Fine.(6.78gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 19mm of Adraa, Arabia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AV KЄCAP ANTWNINO, laureate head to right / ΤΥΧ • A-ΔΡΗΝW •, Tyche of the City(?) standing to right, holding cornucopia and long sceptre and placing foot on river god swimming to right. RPC VI Online 9236 corr.; Spijkerman 14 var. (legends). 5.62gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
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): £26
N[Є]PധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KA[ICA]POC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.74gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / T-VRI-ORV-[M], hexastyle temple within stands Astarte erecting trophy, behind her, Nike standing on short column, placing wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. Cf. RPC VI, 8623 (temporary). 14.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
