LOT 3413
Trajan Decius AE 32mm of Tarsus, Cilicia. AD 249-251.
AY • KAI Γ MЄC • KYIN • ΔЄKI[OC TPAIA]NOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear; Π Π (ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ) across fields / TAPCOV MHTPO[ΠOΛЄΩC], Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club in right hand and lion's skin in his left; Α Μ [Κ] Γ Β (ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙ or ΓΝΩΜΗ ΒΟΥΛΗΣ) in fields. RPC IX 1356; SNG BnF 1756; SNG Levante 1157; SNG Copenhagen 399. Near Very Fine. Die break on reverse.(20.26gr, 32mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea, Procurators. Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero = 58/9 CE. NЄP-ωNO-C within wreath / L Є (date) KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I 4972; Meshorer 345; Hendin 6380. 2.49gr, 17mm, 5h
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Gordian III AE 23mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck circa AD 239-241. IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding nebris over shoulder, rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing to left, head to right. RPC VII.2, 3551; BMC 245; SNG Copenhagen 125. 8.86gr, 23mm, 1h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus). Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; [L Λθ (date) across fields]. RPC II, 4955; TJC 313; Sofaer 3-5; Hendin GBC 6, 6358; GBC 5, 1329. 1.52gr, 16mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
