LOT 3014
Augustus (Octavian) AE Diobol or 80 Drachmai of Alexandria, Egypt. 27 BC-AD 14.
First series. Struck circa 30-28 BC. [ΘΕΟ]Υ ΥΙΟΥ, bare head of Augustus to right / [ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ] ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, double cornucopiae; to right, Π (mark of value). RPC I 5001; Dattari (Savio) 2; Geissen 1; K&G 2.5. Near Very Fine.(17.10gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3014
Augustus (Octavian) AE Diobol or 80 Drachmai of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Macrianus, Usurper BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 260-261.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Dated RY 1 (AD 260/1). Α Κ Τ Φ ΙΟΥΝ ΜΑΚΡΙΑΝΟϹ Є ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak; L A (date) in left field. Köln 3011; Dattari (Savio) 5380; K&G 94.1; Emmett 3785.1. 10.91gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.75gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Bristol gentleman.
