LOT 3080
Phrygia, Hiearpolis AE 23mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos to right, ΛAIP-BHNOΣ around / IЄPAΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ around laurel wreath containing ΠΥΘΙΑ in three lines. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 20732; SNG BnF 1260a. Near Very Fine.(5.75gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus Caesar. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (54 CE). NEPω KΛAY KAICAP, two crossed shields over two crossed spears / BPIT (above) K-AI, palm tree; L IΔ (date) across field. TJC 340; Hendin GBC 6, 6377; Hendin GBC 5, 1348; RPC I, 4971. 2.69gr, 16mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Hadrianopolis AE 19mm. Time of Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Head of Herakles to left / ΑΔΡΙΑ-[Ν]ΟΠΟΛ, Herakles standing facing, head to left, holding club and lion skin. RPC VII.2, 787. 4.32gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus AE 24mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Dated CY 123 (AD 12/13). Laureate head to right, aphlaston before / Bull running to left, upon which sits Europa, who holds her veil and horn of bull; ΣΙΔΩΝ L ΓΚΡ (date) below. RPC -; Rouvier -; BMC Phoenicia -. 7.91gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variety.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 85, 19 November 2023, lot 218.
