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TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXII, winged caduceus between two crossed cornucopiae. RIC I 90; RPC I 3869; BMCRE 175. 17.34gr, 31mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.

[ΑΥΤ] Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟϹ(sic), laureate head to right / ΔΟΥϹΑΡΗϹ ΘЄΟϹ ΑΔΡΑΗΝധΝ Є ΒO (date), dome-shaped baetyl on altar supported by columns; head of ibex to left and right, flight of stairs between columns. RPC IV.3 Online 6721; Rosenberger 2; SNG ANS 1131. 11.29gr, 27mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Rare.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

AV KЄCAP ANTWNINO, laureate head to right / ΤΥΧ • A-ΔΡΗΝW •, Tyche of the City(?) standing to right, holding cornucopia and long sceptre and placing foot on river god swimming to right. RPC VI Online 9236 corr.; Spijkerman 14 var. (legends). 5.62gr, 19mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

AVT KAI CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Helios, raising hand and holding torch, driving facing quadriga; P-Є (date) in lower field. Cf. Sofaer 2. 11.77gr, 29mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

[BACIΛICCA K]ΛЄOΠA[TPA ΘЄA NЄധTЄPA], diademed bust of Cleopatra to right, wearing earring, necklace, and embroidered dress / ANTധNIOC AVTOKPA[TധP TPITON TPIധN ANΔPധN], bare head of Marc Antony to right. For prototype: RPC I, 4094; McAlee 174; Prieur 27; HGC 9, 1361. 12.02gr, 25mm, 12h.

Good Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Draped bust to right / L ΛΘ (date) within oak wreath. RPC I, 5042; Köln 37; Dattari (Savio) 66; K&G 3.7; Emmett 57.39. 3.41gr, 19mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head to right; L Γ (date) to right / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina standing to left, veiled and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column. RPC I, 5131; Dattari (Savio) 123; Emmett 74.3. 12.40gr, 26mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

NEP KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AYTO, laureate head to right / ΠΡΟΝ ΝΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, Nero seated to left, radiate and togate, holding mappa(?) with his extended right hand and vertical sceptre with his left, his feet resting on stool; L Γ (date) to left. RPC I 5203; Köln 121; Dattari (Savio) 200; K&G 14.9 corr. (obv. legend); Emmett 120.3. 6.14gr, 25mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine. Large areas of delamination.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

[ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ] ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ, radiate bust to right, wearing aegis / ΑΥ-ΤΟΚΡΑ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, palm over far wing; L IA (date) in left field. RPC I, 5283; Dattari 270; Emmett 118; Geissen 163. 12.75gr, 23mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

[ΝΕ]ΡΩ ΚΛ[ΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ Σ]ΕΒ ΓΕΡ AΛ(?), radiate and cuirassed bust of Nero to right / ΑΥΤΟ-ΚΡΑ, bust of Alexandria to right, wearing elephant headdress; L IB (date) before. Cf. RPC I, 5289. 11.60gr, 23mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

[ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ]Σ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV, radiate head of Nero to left, wearing aegis; [L] ΙΓ (date) to left / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑP, laureate head of Tiberius to right. RPC I, 5295; Dattari 185; Geissen 187-189. 12.26gr, 24mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, radiate bust to left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) beneath chin / ΣΕBAΣTOΦOPOΣ, galley sailing to right, dolphins below. RPC I, 5296; Dattari (Savio) 264; Emmett 121.13. 12.86gr, 24mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.