LOT 3381
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Dated CY 227 (AD 117). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Wreathed head of young Dionysos to right / ΣΙΔΩΝΟ ΘΕΑΣ, cista mystica; ZKΣ (date) above; all within ivy wreath. RPC III, 3873; Rouvier 1437. Very Fine.(4.93gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Kantharos with scroll handles; [L Δ (date) across lower field] / Grape leaf on branch with tendrils. Cf. RPC I, 4962; cf. Meshorer 325; cf. Hendin 6366. 1.92, 16mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ [...], laureate head to right / [ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ?], Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. Cf. RPC III 2618. 9.37gr, 23mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means ''of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support. -
Nerva AE 26mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 97.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[IMP C]AESAR • NER-[VA AVG III COS], laureate head to right / Large S•C, I below; all within laurel wreath. RPC III, 3488; Wruck 135; CRS 193a; McAlee 421(j). 14.28gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
