LOT 2974
Volusian AE 26mm of Neapolis, Judaea. AD 251-253.
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ ΟΥΟΛΟΥϹΙΑΝ, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ ΠΟΛЄധϹ, eagle standing facing with wings displayed, supporting Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple and altar; stairway to temple and colonnade beneath mountain; star and crescent flanking. RPC IX 2160; Rosenberger 123; Sofaer 237-8. Near Very Fine.(13.70gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2974
Volusian AE 26mm of Neapolis, Judaea.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Macrinus AE 21mm of Byblus, Phoenicia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
AVT KAI MAKPINOC CЄB, laureate head to right / IЄPAC BVBΛOV, Isis Pharia standing to right on raft, holding inflated sail. BMC 39; SNG Copenhagen 143; Lindgren I, 2283. 6.32gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Sebaste or Aelia Capitolina mint. Legio X Fretensis issue. Flavian bust to right / Two c/m's over uncertain host coin: LXF (for Legio X Fretensis) above boar advancing to right within rectangular incuse and galley to right within rectangular incuse. Hendin 1609; for countermarks: Howgego 291 and 409. 10.94gr, 25mm.
Countermarks: Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Augustus AE 21mm of Chalcis ad Belum, Seleucis and Pieria. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΖΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ, ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Zenodoros, tetrarch and archiereus). Dated SE [2]86 (27/6 BC). ΖΗ[ΝΟΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧ]ΗΡΕΩΣ, bare head of Zenodoros to left / L [ΖΠ (date)] ΝΕ ΚΑΙ, bare head of Augustus to right; uncertain countermark. RPC I 4775; BMC 7; SNG Copenhagen 417. 6.61gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
