LOT 3343
Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Side, Pamphylia. AD 222-235.
[Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹЄΟΥ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹЄ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Wreath set on table, containing CIΔΗ-TΩΝ; to left and right, palm frond. RPC VI Online 6430; Watson 351; SNG BnF 841. Near Very Fine.(8.79gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Elagabalus AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / T-VRI-ORV-[M], hexastyle temple within stands Astarte erecting trophy, behind her, Nike standing on short column, placing wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. Cf. RPC VI, 8623 (temporary). 14.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 18mm of Gaza, Judaea. Dually dated CY 195 and Epidemia 7 (AD 135/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[Α ΚΑ ΤΡ Α]ΔΡ[ΙΑΝΟϹ], laureate head to right / Hercules standing facing, head to right, holding club and lion's skin; ΓΑΖ[Α] Ζ (Epidemia date) ΕΠΙ ΕЧ[Ρ] (CY date) around. RPC III, 4043; Sofaer 77. 5.26gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[L Є KAIC]-APOC, palm branch / NЄPധN•C in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.22gr, 16mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
