LOT 3246
Philip II AE 24mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. Good Very Fine.(8.93gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPѠNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.20gr, 16mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 22mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
[IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [COL I FL AVG CA]ESARENS, draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing calathus. RPC III 3959; Meshorer, Caesarea 28; Rosenberger 29; Sofaer 30; SNG ANS 767. 12.49gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 12 of Gallienus (AD 264/265). KOPNHΛIA CAΛധNЄINA CЄB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / Eirene standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; palm frond to left, IB L (date) to right. Köln 2969; Dattari (Savio) 5331; K&G 91.33; Emmett 3855.12. 9.98gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 484, 27 January 2021, lot 623 (company's ticket included).
