LOT 3388
Nerva AE 13mm of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Mysia. AD 96-98.
[...] ΚΑΙϹ[...] CE, laureate head to right / ΑΠΟΛ, lyre; plectrum(?) to right. RPC III 1594A; Von Fritze, Mysiens -. Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples on RPC.(1.92gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, 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): £39
L Є KAICAPOC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.45gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Julia Domna, Augusta AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. Struck under Septimius Severus, struck AD 202-205.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Illegible inscription, draped bust to right / ΓVΘЄ[ATΩN], statue of Athena at the acropolis of Gythium, helmeted, standing to left, peplos over arms, holding spear with right hand. BCD Peloponnesos -; BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; NCP p. 62, 8; for similar reverse cf. Mionnet IV, p. 233, 72 (Geta); E. Papaefthymiou, "Monnaies du Péloponnèse dans la collection de la Fondation du monde hellénique" in BCH139-140.2 (2016), fig. 17; CNG, e-603, 424 (hammer: 650 USD). 3.66gr, 23mm, 3h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Chalkous. Circa late 2nd-early 3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / Lyre. Cf. Butcher p. 404 and pl. 19, 2; cf. McAlee 168. 0.75gr, 9mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
