LOT 3466
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3).
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. Near Very Fine.(12.40gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Kantharos with scroll handles; [L Δ (date) across lower field] / Grape leaf on branch with tendrils. Cf. RPC I, 4962; cf. Meshorer 325; cf. Hendin 6366. 1.92, 16mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙ • ϹЄΟΥΗΡΟϹ • ϹЄ •, laureate and draped bust to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ • ЄΞ • ΥΠΑΤΟϹ • ΤΟ • Γ •, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spread wings and wreath in beak; between legs, star. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 87372; Bellinger 51; McAlee 31; Amandry & Prieur 46; Prieur 1162. 13.13gr, 29mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Tripolis AE 23mm. Time of Elagabalus to Severus Alexander, AD 218-235. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right / ΤΡΙΠΟ-ΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Artemis advancing to right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder. RPC X Online 5565; GRPC Lydia 76. 4.55gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
