LOT 3033
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 270-275.
Dated RY 4 (AD 272/3). AVT K Λ Δ AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, with spread wings, head to right with wreath in beak, flanked by two standards; L Δ (date) in upper central field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75675; SNG Copenhagen 873-875. Near Very Fine.(8.58gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3033
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. 2.37gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian I AE 34mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-260.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝ-ΟC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ below, ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΚΑ- around, -ΛΥΚΑΔ-ΝΩ in two lines above, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos, cornucopia over shoulder on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; branch between. RPC X Online unassigned ID 60507. 14.49gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
