LOT 3309
Augustus and Agrippa AE Dupondius of Nemausus, Gaul. Circa 9/8-3 BC.
Head of Agrippa to left, wearing rostral crown combined with laureate crown, back to back with head of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath; IMP above, DIVI F below / Chained crocodile to right, palm frond upwards in centre, wreath to left of palm tip with long ties trailing to right; COL NEM across fields; two palm fronds below. RIC I 158; RPC I 524. Near Very Fine.(12.72gr, 26mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Domitian AE 23mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Struck circa 83 CE. Judaea Capta issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DOMITIANVS CAES AVG GERM[ANICVS IMP], laureate head to left / Athena-Minerva standing to left, supporting trophy and holding spear and shield. RPC II, 2305; Hendin GBC 6, 6482; Hendin GBC 5, 1455; TJC 392; Sofaer 27-9. 8.03gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙANOC ΑΔΡΙΑNOC ϹЄΒ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Agathodaemon serpent, crowned with pschent, erect to right, coiled around caduceus; L Δ (date) to upper left field. For a similar specimen cf. RPC III, 5194; otherwise unpublished. 13.49gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished with this obverse legend.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Geta BI Tetradrachm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΓЄΤΑϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Β •, eagle standing facing on club, head and tail to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex between legs. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 81871; Bellinger 300; Prieur 1537. 13.12gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
