LOT 3322
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Struck circa AD 41-42.
TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.(11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included).
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LOT 3322
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
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Marcus Aurelius AE 27mm of Adraa, Arabia. Dated CY 70 (AD 175/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[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. -
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 (AD 65/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[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. -
Titus with Agrippa II AE 27mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Dated RY 19 of the second era of Agrippa II (AD 78/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ[ΟΚΡΑ ΤΙΤΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Ϲ]ЄΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / [ЄΤΟΥ] ΙΘ (date) ΒΑ [ΑΓΡΙ]ΠΠ[Α], Tyche-Demeter standing ro left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. RPC II, 2257; Meshorer 145; Hendin 1310; Sofaer 198. 17.61gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
