LOT 3451
Volusian AE 19mm of Neapolis, Judaea. AD 251-253.
[...] ΤΡΙΒ [...], radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ]ΠΟΛЄധϹ, mount Gerizim topped by temple, steep stairway upward with colonnade below. RPC IX, 2166; Sofaer 242. Near Very Fine.(6.47gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Titus with Agrippa II AE 8 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 29(?) of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 77/8).
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £65
AYTOKP [...] CEBACTΩ, laureate head to right / ETO KΘ(?) (date) BA AΓΡΙ-ΠΠA, Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath. Cf. RPC II, 2291. 12.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lucius Verus AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤO Λ OΥΗΡOϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΚ-ΥΡΑϹ, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC IV.3 Online 9787 = Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, GR 19738 (Ankyra in Phrygia). 4.12gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 5 (AD 120/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒΑϹΤ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄT Є (date) in right field. RPC II, 3076; Sydenham, Caesarea 260. 1.83gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
