LOT 3340
Philip I AE 25mm of Philomelium, Phrygia. AD 244-249. ΜΑΡΚΟΣ ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣ (Marcus, son of Nestor), archon.
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΝΕϹΤΟΡΟC ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕΩΝ, river-god Gallos reclining to left, holding cornucopia and reed with right hand, and resting left elbow on urn from which water flows. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 20688. Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online.(7.81gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Augustus AE 21mm. Dated RY 16 of Herod IV (12/13 CE). Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ, laureate head of Augustus to right; c/m: Φ within incuse circle / ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΟΥ [ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ] (retrograde), tetrastyle Augusteum of Panias; L Iς (date) between columns. RPC I, 4942; Meshorer 99; Hendin 1223; Sofaer 126. 7.39gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Maesa AE 28mm of Caesarea Panias(?), Judaea. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IOVΛIA MЄCA [...], draped bust to right / Front view of temple with two columns, within which Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder, placing foot on galley prow. Cf. RPC VI Online 9204. 15.81gr, 28mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Augustus with Julia Augusta (Livia) AE Dupondius of Romula, Spain. Struck under Tiberius, AD 14-37.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Divus Augustus to right; star above and thunderbolt before / IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, laureate head of Livia to left set on globe; crescent above. RPC 1, 73; ACIB 3360; Vives 167-2; Ripolles 73; Chaves 12-210; GMI 1038-9; NAH 1060. 25.83gr, 36mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection.
