LOT 2945
Trajan AE 23mm of Aradus, Phoenicia. AD 98-117.
Dated CY 375 (AD 116/7). Draped bust of Astarte-Europa to right; before, small laureate head of Trajan to right / EOT (date) above, APAΔIΩN beneath bull charging to left; Phoenician letter before. RPC III 3821; Rouvier 407; BMC 374. Near Very Fine.(8.14gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Titus AE 8 Units. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 26 of the first era of Agrippa II (74/5 CE). AYTOKP TITOC KAICAP CEBAC, laureate head to right / ETO Kς (date) BA AΓΡΙ-ΠΠA, Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath; crescent above. RPC II, 2277; Meshorer 160c; Hendin 6314b; Sofaer 229. 13.29gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ ('for Zeus Pandemos, the Synnadeans') , 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. RPC III 2619; SNG von Aulock 3984. 7.76gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, 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. -
Hadrian AE 26mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £42
IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 10.31gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
