LOT 3349
Trajan AE 25mm of Koinon of Galatia. AD 98-117. ΤΙΤΟΣ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΣ ΒΑΣΣΟΣ (Titus Pomponius Bassus), presbeutes and antistrategos.
AVTO NEPOY[ΑΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ], laureate head to right / ΕΠI Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝ-ΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ, Mên standing to left, wearing chiton, cloak and oriental tiara, crescent on shoulder, holding patera in his extended right hand. RPC III, 2834. Near Very Fine.(11.94gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE 32mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 115.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP AVG GER DAC COS [VI P P], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Astarte-Tyche standing to left, resting foot on helmet and holding bust and sceptre, within Tetrastyle temple with central arch behind enclosure with altar in front; at feet in right field, harbour-god holding anchor; • C • T(sic) • F AVG • C•A•E•S • in exergue. RPC II 3954; Rosenberger 19; Kadman 22; Sofaer pl. 23 , 21; Samuels 172. 17.90gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Assarion of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. ΕΓΔΙΚΟΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟΣ (Egdikos, son of Fronton), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £107
[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. 3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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 / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.37gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
