LOT 3455
Philip II AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, seen from front, wearing balteus / IOΛ(sic) CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI M[HT], temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; BMC Arabia 24; SNG Copenhagen 240. Near Very Fine - Very Fine.(10.76gr, 26mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Augustus AE 25mm of Panormus, Sicily. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Struck circa AD 7-14. ΠΑΝΟΡ-ΜΙΤΑΝ, bare head to right / Triskeles with Gorgoneion at centre; ears of barley between legs. RPC I 641; CNS 20; SNG Copenhagen 543. 8.41gr, 25mm, 6h
Very Fine. Lightly tooled.
From the private collection of a London antiquarian. -
Augustus AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
P. Quinctilius Varus, legatus. Struck 6-4 BC. IMP CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head to right / [...]CTLLLVS VVRVS, two aquilae between two standards. Cf. RPC I 4535. 7.56gr, 21mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Procurators. Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero = 58/9 CE. NЄP-ωNO-C within wreath / L Є (date) KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I 4972; Meshorer 345; Hendin 6380. 2.49gr, 17mm, 5h
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
