LOT 3092
Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 249-251.
1st officina. AVT K Γ MЄ KY TPAIANOC ΔЄKIOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind; one pellet beneath bust / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing to left on palm, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC IX 1690; McAlee 1135a; Prieur 590. Near Extremely Fine.(13.13gr, 27mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Twickenham collection, UK.
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LOT 3092
Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
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Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPѠNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.20gr, 16mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-ΛIA L Δ (date) in two lines across fields. RPC I 4964; Sofaer 26-7; TJC 327; Hendin GBC 6, 6367; Hendin GBC 5, 1338. 1,60gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. Mid-late 1st-2nd centuries CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Local issue imitating a First Jewish War prutah or a Procuratorial prutah of Valerius Gratus. Illegible legend, amphora / Illegible legend, palm frond. See Meshorer 371 and p. 183-4; cf. Sofaer 1-5. 1.35gr, 13mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
