Rare Bronze of Agrippina II, Mother of Nero
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΓΑΙΟΣ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΣ (Gaius Postumus), magistrate. ΑΓΡΙΠΕΙ-ΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤH, draped bust to right / ΓΑΙΟΥ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΥ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on cippus, head to left. RPC I 2918; SNG Copenhagen 569; BMC 174. 4.65gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos to right, ΛAIP-BHNOΣ around / IЄPAΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ around laurel wreath containing ΠΥΘΙΑ in three lines. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 20732; SNG BnF 1260a. 5.75gr, 23mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Homonoia issue with Ephesus. Radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos to right, ΛAIP-BHNOΣ around / IЄPAΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ЄΦЄCIΩΝ ΝΕΩ-ΚΟΡΩΝ OMONOIA, clasped hands. RPC VIII Online, Unassigned ID 20751; Franke & Nollé 709; SNG BnF 1263. 6.78gr, 23mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
None on CoinArchives
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated CY 275 (AD 228/9). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄΥ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡΙ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟΛ ΑΙΓ ЄΟϹ (date), draped bust of Dionysus to right, thyrsus over shoulder; before, bunch of grapes. RPC VI, 7186 (temporary); SNG BnF 2359; Haymann 161a. 11.77gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Very Rare
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated year 1 of the Pompeian Era (64/3 BC). Draped bust of Herakles to left, club over shoulder / L A (date) PΩMHΣ in two lines above ram of prow to right; all within wreath. Spijkerman 1 (Gadara); Rosenberger 1 (Gadara); HGC 10, 381. 9.69gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Dated year 44 of the Actian Era (AD 13/14). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate head of Zeus to right / EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOXEΩN, ram running to right, head to left; star above, ΔM (date) below. RPC I 4269; McAlee 99. 7.14gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Dated Actian Era Year 25 (7/6 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche to right / Tripod-lebes containing three laurel branches; ΑΝΤΙΟΧ[ΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ]ΠΟΛ[ΕΩΣ] to right, ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜ[ΟΥ] to left, E-[K] (date) flanking tripod; all within wreath. RPC I 4243; McAlee 89. 4.75gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Dated Year 115 (AD 66/7). Pseudo-autonomous issue. Laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄ-ΩΝ ΕΙΡ (date), laurel branch; dot below. RPC I, 4306; BMC Phoenicia 90-91; SNG Copenhagen 111. 3.64gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Q. Ummidius Durmius Quadratus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Dated year 105 of the Caesarean Era (AD 56/7). Pseudo-autonomous issue. ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ, turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche to right / ΕΠΙ ΚΟΥΑΔΡΑΤΟΥ, ram leaping to right, head to left; star within crescent above, ET EP (date) below. RPC I 4290; McAlee 102. 5.25gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Struck AD 116/7. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑͶΟϹ ΑΡΙ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ • ΔΑ • Κ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; club to left / • ΔHMAPX • [...], laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, wearing lion skin around neck. Cf. RPC III 3562; cf. McAlee 467 (Tyre); cf. Prieur 1522 (Tyre). 13.49gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Struck circa AD 202-204. AVT•KAI CЄOYHPOC•CЄ•B•, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX•ЄΞ•VΠA•TO•Γ•, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head and tail to right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 659b; Prieur 200. 13.28gr, 27mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Ex Artemide Aste s.r.l., Auction LVI, 23 October 2021, lot 389 (company ticket included).
[IMP C M] AVR • ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head to right; slight drapery on far shoulder / Incuse of obverse. Cf. RPC VI, 8178 (temporary). 7.39gr, 22mm.
Near Very Fine. Obverse brockage.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.